DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
AM Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings and places calls to foreign leaders, at the Department of State.
11:15 a.m. Secretary Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, at the Department of State.
PM Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Pakistan’s Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh.10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Jordanian Minister of Planning Jafar Hassan, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with New Zealand Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Moore, at the Department of State.
7:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, in Washington, DC.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with the Jordanian Minister of Planning Jafar Hassan, at the Department of State.
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Ghana’s Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a senior level panel discussion with Jay Ireland, President and CEO of GE Africa, at the Department of State.)
2:45 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Michael Schmitz, Executive Director of International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - Local Governments for Sustainability USA, at the Department of State.
4:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Congressman John Garamendi, on Capitol Hill.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller is on foreign travel to Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Israel, and Russia to discuss arms control, nonproliferation and international security issues. 

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
12:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts the Annual Bipartisan Congressional Spouse Luncheon, at the Department of State.
5:45 p.m. Ambassador Marshall greets the President of the Italian Republic, H.E. Giorgio Napolitano, at Joint Base Andrews.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake participates in the U.S.-India Joint Peacekeeping Working Group, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Bruce Niswander of Global Business Indicator, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends a briefing, on Capitol Hill.
5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends a briefing, on Capitol Hill.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer hosts a high level delegation from the Government of India, led by Joint Secretary Pavan Kapour, for consultations with the U.S. – India Joint Peacekeeping Working Group, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
11:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends a dinner hosted by the Atlantic Council, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a reception at the Embassy of Ireland to mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in Washington DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION ANNE RICHARD
11:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard briefs staffers from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Capitol Hill.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY ANN STOCK
Assistant Secretary Stock is on foreign travel to Nepal, Bangladesh and Burma through February 15 to meet with program participants and discuss and strengthen ECA programming. 

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY3:45 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Congressman Adam Smith, on Capitol Hill.
4:45 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Congressman Ander Crenshaw, on Capitol Hill.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS 
10:00 a.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with Benoni Belli, Minister Counselor for Congressional, State and Local Affairs, Embassy of Brazil, at the Department of State.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN12:00 p.m. Director Sullivan attends a meeting at the White House.