DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry accompanies President Obama on foreign travel.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
9:55 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Mongolian Speaker of Parliament Z. Enkhbold, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman returns from foreign travel in Kyiv, Ukraine.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
7:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends dinner with Ambassador of India to the U.S. Nirupama Rao in honor of Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, at the Ambassador’s residence.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine meets with women leaders from the Middle East and North Africa currently participating in State Department International Visitor Programs, at the Department of State.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland and Vienna, Austria for discussions with counterparts on international security issues. 
12:30 p.m. LOCAL Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller delivers remarks on arms control and nonproliferation priorities at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Geneva, Switzerland. 

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Burma and PACOM through March 26. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Chevron representatives, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Political Director at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss UN management and budget issues, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel to Costa Rica to meet with senior officials and civil society leaders to discuss citizen security cooperation under the Department of State’s Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI). 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
Assistant Secretary Countryman leads the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty through March 28, at the UN. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with the European Union’s Managing Director for the Americas Christian Leffler, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on official foreign travel to Tijuana, Mexico.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
2:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with Ambassador Robert King, Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, at the Department of State.
5:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya joins a panel discussion and reception with the Dignity for All LGBT Civil Society Consortium, at the Royal Embassy of the Netherlands.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard, USAID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Nancy Lindborg, and Ambassador Ford testify before the House Foreign Relations Committee.
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Harold Brooks, Vice President for International Operations at the American Red Cross, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock delivers remarks at the welcome reception for the 23 Executive Directors from the Fulbright Commission in Europe, at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY6:30 p.m. Ambassador Goosby attends a World Tuberculosis Day event honoring champions in the global fight against tuberculosis, in Washington, DC.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Berlin, Germany to meet with officials regarding global criminal justice issues.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
1:00 p.m. Director McKean meets with Leon Fuerth, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Director McKean meets with David Gordon, at the Department of State.