DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Amman, Jordan. He is accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS, and Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Frank Lowenstein. 

10:30 a.m. (LOCAL) Secretary Kerry participates in an Arab League Peace Initiative Meeting in Amman, Jordan.

3:00 p.m. (LOCAL) Secretary Kerry meets with Palestinian President Abbas in Amman, Jordan.

4:00 p.m. (LOCAL) Secretary Kerry meets with King Abdullah II and Jordanian Foreign Minister Judeh in Amman, Jordan.

5:40 pm (LOCAL) Secretary Kerry holds a joint press avail with Jordanian Foreign Minister Judeh in Amman, Jordan.

UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

4:15 P.M. Under Secretary Sherman meets with the Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Namik Tan at the Department of State.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

10:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts a farewell reception for the Romanian Ambassador to the U.S. H.E. Adrian Cosmin Vierita at the State Department.

12:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall accepts the credentials for the Ambassador-designate of the United Republic of Tanzania His Excellency Liberata Rutageruka Mulamula at the U.S. Department of State.

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a farewell reception for the Irish Ambassador to the U.S. H.E. Michael Collins in Washington, D.C.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ROBERT D. HORMATS

4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with the Chairman and Chief Executive of Sonecon Dr. Robert Shapiro at the Department of State.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

12:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller meets with the Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Werner Bauwens, at the Department of State.

Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Jose W. Fernandez

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Medina Mora, to discuss the High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED), entrepreneurship, communications, and border infrastructure at the Department of State.

4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to discuss recent reform announcements and investment at the U.S. Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA S. JACOBSON

Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on official foreign travel to Recife and Brasilia, Brazil to participate in the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a reception hosted by the British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Peter Westmacott, to mark the first joint meeting between the British Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne c. Richard

TIME Assistant Secretary Richard attends the U.S. Department of State Foreign Policy Advisors (POLAD) conference at the Department of State.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS ANDREW O’BRIEN

Special Representative O’Brien is on foreign travel to Ireland through July 19.

3:00 p.m. (LOCAL) Special Representative O’Brien meets with U.S.-based businesses and the Northern Ireland Department of Employment and Learning in Belfast to discuss opportunities for leveraging Diaspora connections to enhance business relationships between the U.S. and Northern Ireland.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

2:30 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Matt Friedman of Liberty Asia, Freeland Foundation and the Mekong Club at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE STEPHEN RAPP, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Ambassador Rapp is on domestic travel in New York to attend the International Justice Day event at the United Nations.