DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
7:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry attends the National Prayer breakfast, at the Washington Hilton.
11:15 a.m. Secretary Kerry drops-by a Foreign Policy Classroom, a Bureau of Public Affairs outreach program which brings college students from around the country to the Department to hear from subject-matter experts on foreign policy topics, at the Department of State.12:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry attends the swearing-in ceremony of Senator Cowan, on Capitol Hill.
PM Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings and places calls to foreign leaders, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Stuart Jones, at the Department of State.
11:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Prime Minister of Serbia Ivica Dacic, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the Performance of the Ensembles of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, at the Kennedy Center.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN7:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman hosts a breakfast for the Republic of Korea’s Transition Delegation, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS
8:15 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the Atlantic Magazine: Manufacturing's Next Chapter Working Summit with Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE, at the Newseum.
1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with U.S. Ambassador to Gabon Eric Benjaminson, at the Department of State.
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with representatives of the Council of State Governments, Chris Whatley and Sasha Sutcliffe-Stephenson, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
Under Secretary Sonenshine is on foreign travel to New Delhi, India. 

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. 
9:15 a.m. LOCAL Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller delivers remarks at the “Warsaw Workshop: Prospects for information-sharing and confidence-building on Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons in Europe” hosted by the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), together with the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in Warsaw, Poland.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blakes meets with Indian Deputy Chief of Mission Arun K. Singh, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER7:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer attends a breakfast hosted by Under Secretary Sherman for the Republic of Korea’s Transition Delegation, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
Assistant Secretary Countryman is on foreign travel to China and Israel through February 7 to discuss nonproliferation issues. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers keynote remarks at “Outlook on the Americas” hosted by the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, in Miami, FL. 
6:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers keynote remarks at the Johns Hopkins University Model United Nations Conference, in Baltimore, MD. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer participates in the Foreign Policy Classroom, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson is interviewed by Univision Radio, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES 
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with TransCanada CEO Russ Girling, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner is on foreign travel to Islamabad, Pakistan; and Cairo, Egypt through February 13 to meet with government officials and civil society representatives on a range of issues, including on human rights and democracy promotion.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Lieutenant General Robert Caslen, Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation – Iraq (OSC-I), at the Department of State.

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. Please click here for more information.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY 
Ambassador Goosby attends the Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Freetown, Sierra Leone to participate in a conference on “Exploring the Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone” and meet Sierra Leone officials regarding global criminal justice issues.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN10:30 a.m. Director Sullivan meets with Humphrey School Policy Fellows, at the Department of State.