DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Paris, France. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk, Special Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and Persian Gulf Phil Gordon, and Spokesperson Jen Psaki.
4:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, in Paris, France.
5:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nassar Judeh, in Paris, France.
7:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in Paris, France.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in Washington, DC.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah attends meetings and briefings, at USAID.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Vienna, Austria for P5+1 talks. Please click here for more information.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
Counselor Shannon is on travel to Abu Dhabi, UAE and Kuwait City, Kuwait through February 20.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with National Counter Terrorism Center Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning Vice Admiral Michael LeFever, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with United States Central Command Deputy Director for Special Operations Major General Michael Nagata, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN 
10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Australian Deputy Head of Mission Ambassador Caroline Millar, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS CHARLES H RIVKIN
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Rivkin meets with Chairman and President of the U.S. Export-Import Bank Fred Hochberg, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD
Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield is on official travel to Nigeria and Germany through February 20^th. While in Nigeria, she participates in the U.S.-Nigeria Bi-National Commission and visits Kano State. In Germany, she is taking part in the Africa Strategic Dialogue with interagency partners at the Commander of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquarters.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in the North American Leaders’ Summit with President Obama, in Toluca, Mexico.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard participates in panel at the Migration Policy Institute on, “EU Migration Policy: Emerging from this Crisis,” in Washington, DC.
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Anne Richard meets with Kuwaiti Ambassador to the U.S. Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in Washington, DC.
4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard attends a reception hosted by Mercy Corps: “The Syrian Crisis: A Way Forward,” in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL
Assistant Russel is on travel to Australia and New Zealand from February 18 through February 21. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN
7:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan moderates Superheros@State, a web chat on the role of comics in promoting shared values around the world, hosted by the U.S. Department of State’s Alumni Affairs Division, in Washington, DC. 

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CdeBACA
2:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Japanese Deputy Chief of Mission to the United States Hiroyasu Izumi, at the Department of State.