DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY9:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry briefs members of the U.S. House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel from April 22 through April 29 to Asia and Almaty, Kazakhstan.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with UK Chair of Joint Intelligence Committee Jonathan Day, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Boguslaw Winid, at the Department of State.
4:15 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Tedros Adhanom, at the Department of State.
5:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco Youssef Amrani, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine meets with U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Booth, at the Department of State.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL1:55 p.m. Ambassador Marshall assists with the visit of the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.M. King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, at the White House.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel to Astana, Tashkent and Almaty through April 27. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS BRIMMER
Assistant Secretary Brimmer is on foreign travel in Geneva, Switzerland to meet with Member State representatives of the largest contributors to the United Nations to discuss management and budget issues

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
Assistant Secretary Countryman is on foreign travel to lead the U.S. Delegation to the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), in Geneva, Switzerland through May 3. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Toni G. Verstandig, Chair of the Aspen Institute’s Middle East Programs, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Hammer meets with the Uzbekistan Ambassador to the US, Ilhom Nematov to discuss his recent trip to the region, at the Embassy of Uzbekistan.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel to Lima, Peru to hold meetings with Peruvian officials, business leaders, and participate in the World Economic Forum on Latin America conference. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES 
1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with students from Yale University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Public Health School, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland to discuss various refugee and migration issues with UN and other international and non-governmental organizations based in Geneva.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA9:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Arsari Foundation of Indonesia Chair Hashim Djojohadikusumo, at the Department of State.
11:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Free the Slaves Executive Director Maurice Middleberg, at the Department of State.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Guatemala City regarding the Efrain Rios Montt trial, and to meet with officials and civil society groups about rule of law and accountability.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS2:30 p.m. Special Representative Lewis discusses subnational engagement opportunities with Maria Ruess, Vice President of International Business Development, Lockheed Martin, in the State Department.

SPECIAL ADVISER FOR GLOBAL YOUTH ISSUES ZEENAT RAHMAN
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Special Adviser Rahman delivers remarks on social innovation for a panel at Microsoft’s Innovate for Good program in conjunction with the Office of Global Youth Issues’ Startup Youth Initiative. 

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
10:00 a.m. Director McKean meets with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon, at the Department of State.