DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton has no public events.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Poland Stephen Mull, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
8:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Pakistan Ambassador to the U.S. Sherry Rehman.
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
2:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides participates in the Secretary’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board Meeting, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats speaks with Robert Carpenter, President and C.E.O. of GS1 US, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends a reception hosted by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a meeting at the White House.

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL
5:00 p.m. Coordinator McCall attends a reception for the Secretary’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
3:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca participates in the Emancipation Panel at President Lincoln’s Cottage, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
9:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Robert Beecroft.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
Special Representative Balderston meets with Ambassador to Armenia John A. Heffern to discuss partnership opportunities, at the Department of State. Please click here for more information.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN
Director Sullivan attends a meeting of the Secretary’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board, at the Department of State.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton has no public events.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS
12:00 p.m.  Deputy Secretary Burns attends a luncheon in honor of Senator Richard Lugar, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m.  Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Ambassador David Satterfield, Director General of Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) , at the Department of State.


DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
10:00 a.m.  Deputy Secretary Nides meets with USAID Administrator Shah, at the Department of State.
3:15 p.m.  Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.


UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
7:00 p.m.  Under Secretary Sherman attends a dinner hosted by United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba, in honor of United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, at the Ambassador’s residence.


UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
12:15 p.m.  Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with Marc Maurer, President of National Federation of the Blind, at the Department of State.
2:30 p.m.  Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with former Ambassador Marc Ginsberg, at the Department of State.
5:00 p.m.  Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with Clyde Tuggle, Senior Vice President and Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer at The Coca-Cola Company.
6:30 p.m.  Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the European Institute’s Annual Ambassadors’ Dinner, in Washington, DC.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
9:45 a.m.  Assistant Secretary Blake participates in a video conference with the World Bank, at the Department of State.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts an Australian delegation led by Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Gary Quinlan, and including representatives from the Australian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and the Embassy of Australia to the U.S., at the Department of State.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel in China through December 19 to meet with senior government officials.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to the Philippines, Malaysia, and New Zealand through December 17.  Please click here for more information.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
Assistant Secretary Countryman is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium through December 17. Please click here for more information.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
3:00 p.m.  Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Peter Kornbluh, Director of the National Security Archive‘s Chile Documentation Project and of the Cuba Documentation Project, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m.  Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a Holiday Open House Reception, at the Department of State.
7:30 p.m.  Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a reception in honor of Canadian Deputy Ministers, at the Ambassador of Canada’s residence.


ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
2:30 p.m.  Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Deputy Head of Mission to the UK Philip Barton to receive the UK’s Lifeline Donation, at the Department of State.


AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Luis CdeBaca is on foreign travel in Burma.


AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
Ambassador Verveer is on official travel to Little Rock, Arkansas to speak at the Club of Madrid Conference: Harnessing 21st Century Solutions: A Focus on Women.  Please click here for more information.


SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
10:30 a.m.  Special Representative Lewis speaks about “Advancing Global Collaboration at the Local Level,” at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, DC.
3:00 p.m.  Special Representative Lewis meets with Dan Crippen, Executive Director and David Quam, Director, Office of Federal Relations, National Governors Association, in the Department of State.


SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
11: 00 a.m.  Special Representative Balderston and Director of U.S. Cookstoves Initiatives Jacob Moss attend a panel discussion, “The New Global Burden of Disease Estimates for Household Air Pollution,” organized by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, at the National Press Club.


DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN
2:30 p.m.  Director Sullivan meets with Greek Ambassador to the U.S. Christos Panagopoulos, at the Department of State.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012
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SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton has no public events.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with South African activist Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Nancy McLernon, President and CEO, Organization for International Investment, at the Department of State.
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers keynote remarks at the annual State Department Retirement Ceremony, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Alice Wells, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs, at the Department of State. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary-General of Boao Forum, at the Department of State.
4:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with CEMEX USA Representatives Bob Sullivan and Alan Stoga, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine delivers remarks at the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Mid-Year Conference, in Washington, DC.
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine attends the board meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with George Hamilton, President of the Institute for Sustainable Communities, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with former Kyrgyz Republic President Roza Otunbayeva, at the Department.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts consultations on multilateral issues with a delegation from the United Kingdom led by Vijay Rangarajan, Director for Multilateral Policy for the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with Mr. Ján Kubis, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, to discuss the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to the Philippines, Malaysia, and New Zealand through December 17. Please click here for more information.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon, Assistant Secretary Posner, Ambassador Verveer, Special Representative Balderston, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Senior Director for European Affairs Liz Sherwood Randall, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS.
11:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
12:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a joint press availability with First Minister Robinson and deputy First Minister McGuinness, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends a lunch hosted by The Ireland Funds, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
3:25 pm p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Consulate General Belfast, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Algeria and Bahrain through December 8. Please click here for more information.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Executive Director of the Global Fund Mark Dybul, at the Department of State.
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN4:15 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Slovak Deputy Foreign Minister Peter Burian, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to China through December 8 to participate and deliver remarks at the Ambassador’s Investment Forum.
3:15 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats holds a media interview with Bloomberg, in Hong Kong.
3:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats holds a media interview with Hong Kong AmCham Magazine, in Hong Kong.
4:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Chamber of Commerce, in Hong Kong.
5:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Finance Secretary John Tsang and Financial Services Secretary K.C. Chan, in Hong Kong.
7:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends a dinner with Hong Kong business leaders, in Hong Kong.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland for P5 consultations.

Today's State Department Schedule

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Dublin, Ireland. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Under Secretary Otero, Assistant Secretary Gordon, Assistant Secretary Blake, Assistant Secretary Posner, Special Representative Balderston, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Senior Director for European Affairs Liz Sherwood Randall, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS.
8:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with OSCE Civil Society Representatives, in Dublin, Ireland.
9:05 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, in Dublin, Ireland.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the OSCE Ministerial Council Opening Session, in Dublin, Ireland.
10:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the OSCE Ministerial Council First Plenary Session, in Dublin, Ireland.
11:05 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Dublin, Ireland.
12:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Embassy Dublin, in Dublin, Ireland.
1:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with President of Ireland Michael Higgins, in Dublin, Ireland
2:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton delivers remarks titled, “Frontlines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality,” in Dublin, Ireland.
3:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, in Dublin, Ireland.
4:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a joint press availability with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, in Dublin, Ireland.
5:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, in Dublin, Ireland.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Algeria and Bahrain through December 8.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Serbian Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vucic, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to China through December 8 to participate and deliver remarks at the Ambassador's Investment Forum.
7:45 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats participates in a breakfast meeting with Navistar China President Rudi Von Meister and Head of Hefei Engine Joe Werth, in Hefei, China.
12:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, in Nanjing, China.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats holds a media interview with the 21^st Century Business Herald, in Nanjing, China.
2:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Jiangsu Provincial Officials, in Nanjing, China.
5:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Nanjing Municipal Officials, in Nanjing, China.
6:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends a dinner with American Business hosted by Shanghai AmCham President Brenda, in Nanjing, China.)

DEPARTMENT OF STATE DECEMBER 5, 2012

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Brussels, Belgium and Dublin, Ireland. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon, Ambassador Marshall, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Senior Director for European Affairs Liz Sherwood Randall, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. 
8:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the meeting of the NATO-Georgia Council, in Brussels, Belgium.
10:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers with Non-NATO ISAF Contributing Countries, in Brussels, Belgium.
11:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at NATO, in Brussels, Belgium.
12:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere at NATO, in Brussels, Belgium.
1:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a press availability at NATO, in Brussels, Belgium.
2:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the NATO Balkans meeting, in Brussels, Belgium.
2:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at NATO, in Brussels, Belgium.
3:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the U.S.-EU Energy Council meeting, in Brussels, Belgium.
4:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with EU Parliament President Martin Schulz, in Brussels, Belgium.
5:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends a reception in her honor hosted by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, in Brussels, Belgium.


DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Algeria and Bahrain through December 8.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Liberian Finance Minister Amara Konneh, at the Department of State.