DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013
SECRETARY JOHN KERRY2:15 p.m. Secretary Kerry visits the Foreign Service Institute, in Arlington, Virginia.
3:45 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with participants and delivers remarks at the Fulbright Foreign Student Enrichment Seminar, at the Department of State.
DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a farewell reception in honor of Ambassador Princeton Lyman, at the Department of State.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to participate in the Brussels Forum from March 15-17.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine visits the Goethe Institute, in Washington, DC.
3:45 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine attends Secretary Kerry’s remarks to the Fulbright Foreign Student Enrichment Seminar, at the Department of State.
CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
10:00 a.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts the American Heritage Series with the Diplomatic Corps, featuring the Honorable David Ferriero, Head Archivist of the United States, at the National Archives.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel to Burma and PACOM through March 26.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with the Chairman of the Kyrgyz Republic’s Parliament International Affairs Committee Kanybek Imanaliev and Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the U.S. Muktar Djumaliev, at the Department of State.
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake hosts a lunch in honor of Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, at the Department of State.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER3:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman for consultations, at the Department of State.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Former Secretary of State Dr. Madeleine Albright, Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group, in Washington, DC.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Salvadoran Minister of Justice and Public Safety David Munguia Payes, at the Department of State.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
Assistant Secretary Jones is in on foreign travel in Malaysia and Australia from March 10 through 17. In Malaysia, Assistant Secretary Jones will represent the United States as Head of U.S. Delegation at the inaugural Joint Committee on Science and Technology between Malaysia and the United States. Assistant Secretary Jones will also meet with the Science Advisor to Malaysia’s Prime Minister, visit the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, host a science outreach event with local youth, and conduct media interviews. In Australia, Assistant Secretary Jones will serve as Head of the U.S. Delegation at the Joint Committee Meeting on Science and Technology between Australia and the United States. She will also visit the Sydney Institute of Marine Science and the Australian National Fabrication Facility, in addition to leading a roundtable with students at the University of Sydney.
8:30 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Jones leads the U.S. delegation at the U.S.- Australia Joint Committee Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation, in Sydney, Australia.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK3:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock introduces Secretary Kerry at the Fulbright Foreign Student Enrichment Seminar, at the Department of State.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
11:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca presents “U.S. efforts in the Global Fight Against Contemporary Forms of Slavery” for the Foreign Policy Classroom, at the Department of State.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY8:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers remarks to the annual meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Global AIDS Program, in Atlanta, GA.
2:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country Coordinators, at the Department of State.
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Siracusa, Italy to participate in an international conference of experts on the drafting of the “BICI Principles and Best Practices for International and National Commissions of Inquiry” at the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC).
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH
Special Representative Pandith is on foreign travel in Brussels, Belgium to attend the 2013 Brussels Forum and TransAtlantic Inclusion Leadership Network on March 15 through 17. Special Representative Pandith is scheduled to participate in the Forum’s panel discussion on Building Networks for Active Change, and deliver remarks at an event titled, “Changing Demographics- Changing Politics?”
DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
2:00 p.m. Director McKean meets with Head of the Strategic Planning Division in the European External Action Service Alfredo Conte, at the Department of State.
