Public Schedule

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 13, 2012

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:12:59 EDT

Public Schedule for February 13, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 13, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the assistant secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton hosts a working lunch with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:20 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, at the Department of State.
(JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING BILATERAL MEETING AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45 P.M.)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 3:00 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 3:30 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.

5:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

10:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

2:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Xi Jinping at Andrews Air Force Base.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with French Ambassador Francoise Delattre, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Luxembourg Finance Minister Luc Frieden, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Carter Roberts of the World Wildlife Fund, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Peer Steinbrück, former German Federal Minister of Finance, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka through February 17.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

2:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall greets Vice President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, at Andrews Air Force Base.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel to the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh through February 17.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN

1:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Feltman attends Secretary Clinton’s working lunch with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in to Bogota, Colombia through February 15 to meet with economic officials, business community representatives, and University students to discuss trade and investment. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

2:30 p.m Acting Assistant Secretary Hammer briefs foreign journalists at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C.
(OPEN TO CREDENTIALED PRESS)

3:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Mike Hammer hosts a reception for foreign journalists at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C.
(OPEN TO INVITED PRESS)

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

Assistant Secretary Jones is on foreign travel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones speaks to scientists, researchers, and government officials at the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Moroccan Ambassador Rachad Bouhlal, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

Assistant Secretary Shapiro is on foreign travel to Southeast Asia through February 16. Please click here for more information.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN:

1:15 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin joins Secretary Clinton’s working lunch with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR AT LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY

8:30 a.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers opening remarks at the inter-agency PEPFAR Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Forum, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with UNITAID Executive Director Denis Broun, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

3:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Nadia McConnell of the U.S –Ukraine Foundation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL ENVOY HANNAH ROSENTHAL

6:30 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal participates in “Confronting anti-Semitism in a Future without Holocaust Survivors” as part of a panel discussion and town hall forum moderated by Sun Sentinel senior editor Gary Stein, at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

2:00 p.m Director Sullivan delivers remarks to students at Georgetown University in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
11:30 a.m. Spokesperson Victoria Nuland will gaggle off-camera, on-the-record in room 2208.

1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides and USAID Administrator Shah will brief the press on-the-record, on-camera on 2012 State Department Budget.

A Background Briefing with State and USAID officials will follow immediately in room 2208.

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 10, 2012

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:18:51 EDT

Public Schedule for February 10, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 10, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

11:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

1:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Counselor Cheryl Mills and Administrator Raj Shah, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Brookings Institute Vice President Martin Indyk, at the State Department.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides participates in a conference call with the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

9:30 a.m. Administrator Shah meets with U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Scott Gration, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah participates in an event to discuss the role sports can play in development, with former NFL player Dhani Jones, former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, and current NFL Receiver Greg Jennings, at USAID. Please click here for more information.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

2:15 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Feridun Sinirlioglu at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a discussion with Director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics Fred Bergsten, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS KATHLEEN STEPHENS

12:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Stephens delivers remarks at a DACOR-Bacon House Foundation luncheon, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller participates in a panel discussion with Michael Elliott, Joint Staff Deputy Director for Strategic Stability and Ted Warner, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) for Arms Control and Strategic Stability on the New START Treaty hosted by the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD

8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Gabriel Silva, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Ecuadorian Ambassador Nathalie Cely, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON

Assistant Secretary Carson is on foreign travel to Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria through February 17, to lead an Energy Trade Mission. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with South Korean Minister Joonkook Hwang, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN

Assistant Secretary Feltman is on foreign travel in Paris, France to meet with senior government officials.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends an event hosted by the American Turkish Council in honor of Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in Washington, D.C.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

Acting Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel to Peru and Argentina through February 11. Please click here for more information.

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

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in an interagency policy committee meeting, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

Assistant Secretary Shapiro is on foreign travel to the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, through February 16. Please click here for more information.

GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY

9:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with International AIDS Society President Elly Katabira, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with U.S. congressional staff, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE IN THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Australia and Indonesia through February 18.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights Susannah Sirkin to discuss sexual based violence in the Bukavu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Gabriel Silva to discuss joint efforts to promote gender equality, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller from the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Women in International Security Chairwoman, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH

Special Representative Pandith is on foreign travel through February 21 to Kenya, Comoros Islands, Tanzania and Sudan to engage with youth and civil society groups as well as to launch Generation Change chapters in Kenya, Comoros Islands, and Sudan.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE

12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 9, 2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:06:49 EDT

Public Schedule for February 9, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 9, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with assistant secretaries from the regional bureaus, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL)
Pre set for cameras: 12:30 p.m. from the 23rd street entrance.
Final access time for writers and photographers: 12:45 p.m. from the 23rd street entrance.

2:45 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends President Obama’s bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, at the White House. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with UK National Security Advisor Sir Kim Darroch, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with George Perkovich of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with President of the UN General Assembly and Qatari diplomat Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

Deputy Secretary Nides delivers remarks at a Foreign Trade Advisors of France (CCEF) symposium, in Miami, Florida. He also meets with French Commerce Secretary Frédéric Lefebvre.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

3:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Counselor Mills, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

8:30 a.m. Under Secretary offers welcoming remarks at the Great Lakes Contact Group Meeting in the Marshall Center, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats speaks with Kenneth Juster of Warburg Pincus.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS KATHLEEN STEPHENS

5:00 p.m. Under Secretary Stephens attends the U.S.-Japan Council launch of the Tomodachi Initiative, at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks to student leaders from South America, at the National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

1:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Commander, Special Operations Command Europe Major General Michael Repass, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:45 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao at the Indian Embassy, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Rajat Jay Sehgal of the Sehgal Family Foundation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell attends the U.S.-Japan Council launch of the Tomodachi Initiative, at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON

Assistant Secretary Carson is on foreign travel to Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria through February 17, to lead an Energy Trade Mission. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN

Assistant Secretary Feltman is on foreign travel in Paris, France to meet with senior government officials.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

7:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends an event hosted by the Cohen Group, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

Acting Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel to Peru and Argentina through February 11. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

Assistant Secretary Posner is on foreign travel in Bahrain, where he meets with senior government officials and civil society representatives.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION DAVID ROBINSON

Acting Assistant Secretary Robinson meets with resettled refugees, local and state government officials and representatives involved in refugee resettlement, through February 9, in Nashville, Tennessee. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

Assistant Secretary Shapiro is on foreign travel to the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, through February 16. Please click here for more information.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

Ambassador Benjamin participates in the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue through February 9, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE IN THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Australia and Indonesia through February 18.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights Susannah Sirkin, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Rio Tinto representatives to discuss women’s economic empowerment initiatives, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Eliav Benjamin, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL

11:00 a.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with Greek Deputy Chief of Mission Ioannis Vrailas, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with Latvian Ambassador Andrejs Pildegovics, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Deputy Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with representatives from the Joint Baltic American National Committee and the Lithuanian Jewish Heritage Project, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
12:00 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 8, 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:27:44 EDT

Public Schedule for February 8, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 8, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Senators Richard Burr, Lindsey Graham, Johnny Isakson and Mike Johanns, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Burmese civil society leaders, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)
Pre-set time for video cameras, journalists and still photographers: 10:45 a.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby.

11:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

2:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a swearing-in ceremony for Joyce Barr as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 2:00 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 2:15 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.

4:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with President Obama, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzón, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with German State Secretary Emily Haber, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

6:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with John Faraci of International Paper, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

8:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides participates in a video conference with Embassy Baghdad.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

8:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

9:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a White House event to highlight how the government and the private sector are harnessing science, technology and innovation to promote global development, at the White House. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
Please click here to view a live streaming of the event.

11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a White House Open for Questions event entitled, “Innovation for Global Development,” at the White House. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
Please click here to view a live streaming of the event.

12:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Donald Payne, at the Longworth House Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Peter Klein of Microsoft Corporation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Singaporean Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President for International Affairs Myron Brilliant, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks during an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

6:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the Washington Press Club Foundation 68^th Annual Congressional Dinner, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS KATHLEEN STEPHENS

11:00 a.m. Acting Under Secretary Stephens meets with Assistant Secretary Adams, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Stephens attends a swearing-in ceremony for Joyce Barr as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

1:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Michael Sheehan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller participates in meetings of the International Security Advisory Board at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in Livermore, California.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with executives from Google, Yahoo and Facebook, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake briefs the Senate Appropriations Committee on Uzbekistan, at the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell delivers remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Singapore Conference. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON

Assistant Secretary Carson is on foreign travel to Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria through February 17, to lead an Energy Trade Mission. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Indian Joint Secretary for Disarmament Venkatesh Varma, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Nissan Ambur, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN

Assistant Secretary Feltman is on travel to Morocco to meet with senior government officials.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in an Interagency Policy Committee meeting on Brazil, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks to members of the Global Business Forum, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED MEDIA COVERAGE)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

Acting Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel to Peru and Argentina through February 11. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

Assistant Secretary Posner is on foreign travel in Bahrain, where he meets with senior government officials and civil society representatives.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION DAVID ROBINSON

Acting Assistant Secretary Robinson meets with resettled refugees, local and state government officials and representatives involved in refugee resettlement, through February 9, in Nashville, Tennessee. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

Assistant Secretary Shapiro departs on foreign travel to South East Asia through February 16.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK

6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock attends an event at the Irish Ambassador’s residence, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

Ambassador Benjamin participates in the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue through February 9, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY

3:00 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with NSS Special Assistant, Gayle Smith, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Australia and Indonesia through February 18.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Burmese civil society leaders, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Sylvia Burwell of the Walmart Foundation’s Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the Export- Import Bank of the U.S. Alice Albright, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON

Special Representative Balderston meets with partners of the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA), in New York City. Please click here for more information.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL

11:00 a.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with Rabbi Steve Gutow of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with Director-General of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gabor Csaba, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:45 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with Minister of Public Diplomacy of the Israeli Embassy Noam Katz, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

2:30 p.m. Director of Policy Planning Sullivan meets with students from the Virginia Military Institute, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE

12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 7, 2012

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:06:48 EDT

Public Schedule for February 7, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 7, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton joins Deputy Secretary Burns' meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

9:45 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, at the Department of State.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)

12:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

7:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides participates in a video conference with Embassy Islamabad.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a Department of Commerce Task Force Meeting on Travel and Competitiveness, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with APEC Ambassador Hans Klemm, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman participates in meetings with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Representative Gregory Meeks, at the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a roundtable discussion with Mexican entrepreneur Carlos Slim, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats and Under Secretary Otero attend an event with Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao and visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, at the Indian Ambassador’s residence, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

7:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero and Under Secretary Hormats attend an event with Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao and visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, at the Indian Ambassador’s residence, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

9:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake joins Deputy Secretary Burns’ meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake participates in a roundtable discussion hosted by the U.S. Turkmenistan Business Council, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, on “The U.S.-Philippines Alliance: Deepening the Security and Trade Partnership”, in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON

Assistant Secretary Carson is on foreign travel to Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria through February 17, to lead an Energy Trade Mission. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN

Assistant Secretary Feltman is on travel to Morocco to meet with senior government officials.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in a Summit of the Americas Interagency Policy Committee meeting, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

Acting Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel to Peru and Argentina through February 11. Please click here for more information.

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

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Jane Lubchenco, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones holds an inter-agency steering group meeting on water issues, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

Coordinator McCall is on foreign travel in India through February 7 to participate in the SCA Public Affairs Officer Workshop.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

Assistant Secretary Posner is on foreign travel in Bahrain, where he meets with senior government officials and civil society representatives.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro joins Under Secretary Sherman’s meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

Ambassador Benjamin participates in the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue through February 9, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STEPHEN RAPP

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Australia and Indonesia through February 18.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

1:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Cambodian author and human rights activist, Somaly Mam, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Executive Director of Amnesty International Suzanne Nossel, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON

Special Representative Balderston participates in the SIFE USA Partner Summit, in New York City. Please click here for more information.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

10:30 a.m. Special Representative Lewis delivers remarks at the 7^th Annual Peacekeeping, Reconstruction and Stabilization Conference, in Alexandria, Virginia.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
Please email angelae@marcusevansch.com for more information.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH

Special Representative Pandith travels to Florida to speak to the Naples Council on World Affairs and the Speakers Assembly of Southwest Florida on U.S. engagement with Muslim communities around the world.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE

12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 5, 2012

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:40:56 EDT

Public Schedule for February 5, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 5, 2012

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 4, 2012

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:31:15 EDT

Public Schedule for February 4, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 4, 2012

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 3, 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:55:14 EDT

Public Schedule for February 3, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 3, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Munich, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria through February 5. In Munich, Secretary Clinton participates in the 48th Munich Security Conference and meets with her European and other counterparts. In Sofia, Secretary Clinton meets with senior Bulgarian officials. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon and Director Sullivan. Please click here for more information.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with UK Parliamentary Under Secretary Alistair Burt, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides delivers remarks at the Ambassadorial Seminar, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador-designate to India Nancy Powell, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

1:45 p.m. Administrator Shah speaks with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Neal Wolin.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Colombia, Mexico and Brazil through February 4. Please click here for more information.

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

Under Secretary Hormats is on travel in Palo Alto, California through February 4 to participate in “Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development,” at Stanford University. Please click here for more information.

8:00 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends the Rio+2.0 meeting.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

8:40 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends opening plenary remarks delivered by Dean Garth Saloner, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and O’Reilly Media CEO Tim O’Reilly.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with officials from Google and Salesforce.com.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with civil society groups.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Stanford Faculty on Science, Technology, and Innovation for Development.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER

Under Secretary Tauscher joins Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Munich, Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

12:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall delivers the keynote address on protocol and diplomacy to the Council of Protocol Executives “Eventpower 2012” seminar, in New York, New York.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Alistair Burt, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Kyrgyz Ambassador Muktar Djumaliev, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia through February 4. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON

Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

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

Assistant Secretary Jones is on travel in Palo Alto, California through February 4 to participate in “Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development,” at Stanford University. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with President of China Aid Association Bob Fu, and a group of Chinese human rights lawyers, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with NGO representatives to discuss the Kimberley Process, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Burmese civil society activists Maung Thura “Zarganar,” Khin Than Myint, Daw Bauk Gyar, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Major General Fouad Abdelhalim, Egyptian Assistant to the Minister of Defense for Armament, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

8:00 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

3:15 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Coordinator for North American Affairs, Morten Aasland, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Carnegie Corporation President Vartan Gregorian, at the Carnegie Corporation headquarters, New York City.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

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

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Indonesia through February 18.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE

12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 2, 2012

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:11:48 EDT

Public Schedule for February 2, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 2, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

7:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends the 60^th National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

10:45 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with assistant secretaries from the regional bureaus, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting with President Obama, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Ambassador-designate Nancy Powell, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Czech Ambassador Petr Gandalovič, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides and Director of Policy Planning Sullivan speak to University of Minnesota Humphrey School professionals, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Canadian Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerald Cossette, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

7:30 a.m. Administrator Shah attends the National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Colombia, Mexico and Brazil through February 4. Please click here for more information.

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

Under Secretary Hormats participates in the Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development Conference, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California, through February 4. Please click here for more information.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Colombian Minister of Labor Rafael Pardo, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER

Under Secretary Tauscher is on foreign travel in Munich, Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference. Please click here for more information.

COUNSELOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF CHERYL MILLS

Counselor Mills is on foreign travel to Haiti to meet with government officials.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia through February 4. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

Assistant Secretary Countryman is on foreign travel to Helsinki, Finland through February 2 to participate in the preparatory committee meeting for the 2012 Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) Conference, hosted by Finnish Under-Secretary of State Jaakko Laajava.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Feltman meets with Omani Ambassador Hunaina al-Mughairy, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers remarks to members of the business community at an Economic Statecraft event, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED MEDIA COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez attends a meeting at the Organization of American States, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED MEDIA COVERAGE)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER

12:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Hammer meets with the Norwegian Coordinator for North American and Transatlantic Affairs Morten Von Hanno Aasland and Norwegian think tank representatives in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Hammer meets with the French Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communication and Public Diplomacy Majdi Abed, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

Assistant Secretary Jones participates in the Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development Conference, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. Please click here for more information.

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

Coordinator McCall participates in the Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development Conference, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro delivers remarks at the Stimson Center on U.S. efforts to address the challenge of MANPADS proliferation.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

11:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends the National Democratic Institute Board Meeting, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner delivers the keynote address at the National Endowment for Democracy event, “Burma’s Changing Political Landscape: A Conversation with Three Leading Activists,” in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends the Freedom House Board Meeting, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Representative James McGovern, at the Cannon House Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Senator Ron Wyden, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

3:30 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL

Special Envoy Rosenthal is on foreign travel in Paris, France.

9:30 a.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with President of the Council of French Jewish Federations (CRIF) Richard Prasquier, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with French Senior Inspector for Education Programming Laurent Wirth and French General Director of Teaching Rebeyrol, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal participates in a roundtable discussion with French Jewish leaders and rabbis, in Paris, France.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

10:00 a.m. Director of Policy Planning Sullivan and Deputy Secretary Nides speak to University of Minnesota Humphrey School professionals, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:

12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for February 1, 2012

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:09:13 EDT

Public Schedule for February 1, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

February 1, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

10:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends the Foreign Service Institute Appeal of Conscience Foundation event, in Arlington, Virginia.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 11:00 a.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 11:15 a.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.

2:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Singaporean Foreign Minister and Minister for Law K. Shanmugam, at the Department of State.
(SIGNING CEREMONY AND JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING BILATERAL MEETING AT 2:35 PM)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 1:45 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 2:15 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.

3:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 2:30 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 2:45 p.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.

4:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

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DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

8:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Ambassador to Georgia John Bass.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

4:30 p.m. Administrator Shah delivers remarks to a group of African leaders, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Colombia, Mexico and Brazil through February 4. Please click here for more information.

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

Under Secretary Hormats departs on travel through February 4 to participate in the Bloomberg China Conference, in New York City, and Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development Conference, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS MARIA OTERO

2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Defense Committee, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

Under Secretary Tauscher departs on foreign travel en route to Munich, Germany.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends Secretary Clinton’s meeting with Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 11:00 a.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 11:15 a.m. from the 23^rd Street Entrance Lobby.

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake briefs Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff on the U.S. security relationship with Uzbekistan, at the Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

7:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake delivers remarks at the Montgomery College Athenaeum Symposia Series, in Germantown, Maryland. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia through February 4. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

Assistant Secretary Countryman is on foreign travel in Vienna, Austria through February 1. In Vienna he is meeting with his counterparts from the IAEA, OSCE, UNVIE and the Wassenaar Agreement.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Stuart Eizenstat of Covington & Burling LLP, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Peruvian Ambassador Harold Forsyth, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gordon joins the Secretary Clinton’s meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, at the Department of State.

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

Assistant Secretary Jones attends the Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development Conference, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends the Foreign Service Institute Appeal of Conscience Foundation event, in Arlington, Virginia.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with NGO and industry representatives to discuss the Kimberley Process, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

3:00 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:30 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with Hungarian Ambassador György Szapáry, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

9:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer delivers remarks at the American University – Royal Netherlands Embassy Conference on “Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings: National and International Strategies,” in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
Please click here to view a live streaming of the event.

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Eugenia Tymoshenko Carr, daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Hanna Herman, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Romanian Senator Mircea Geoană, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with South African entrepreneur Slauzy Mogami, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Salvador and Sao Paulo, Brazil through February 1.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL

Special Envoy Rosenthal is on foreign travel in Paris, France.

8:30 a.m. LOCAL Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with Yahad In-Unum President Father Patrick Desbois and Research Director Patrice Bensimon, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. LOCAL Special Envoy Rosenthal meets interfaith leaders, Imam Mohammed Azizi, Mohammed Benali, Rabbi Michel Serfaty and Jean-François Bensahel, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. LOCAL Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO David Killion, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. LOCAL Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Human Rights Director Daniel Vosgien, in Paris, France.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

4:00 p.m. Director of Policy Planning Sullivan attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:

12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

Public Schedule: Public Schedule for January 31, 2012

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:10:57 EDT

Public Schedule for January 31, 2012

Public Schedule

Washington, DC

January 31, 2012

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

10:45 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends a Cabinet Meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

Secretary Clinton travels to New York to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer, and Director Jake Sullivan.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

PM Secretary Clinton holds a trilateral meeting with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, at the United Nations in New York City.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEEDING TRILATERAL MEETING)

PM Secretary Clinton appears before the press, at the United Nations in New York City.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the Department of State’s Martin Luther King Day Event, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and a delegation of religious leaders, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

9:00 a.m. Administrator Shah delivers keynote remarks at a technical symposium on maternal health, at the Ronald Reagan Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Jack Leslie, Chairman of the U.S. African Development Foundation’s (USADF) Board of Directors, and Lloyd Pierson, President and CEO of USADF, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Administrator Shah delivers closing remarks at a technical symposium on maternal health, at the Ronald Reagan Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Colombia, Mexico and Brazil through February 4. Please click here for more information.

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

9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats hosts the second day of the G-8 preparatory meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Nick Lovegrove, Director of McKinsey & Company, Inc., at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher and Assistant Secretary Shapiro meet with Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the U.A.E Armed Forces, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Jordanian Ambassador Alia Bouran, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake delivers keynote remarks at the "Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations" Conference, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with the Maldivian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake gives remarks to students at Georgetown University on Global India, at the Georgetown University Mortara Center. Please click here for more information.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

Assistant Secretary Brimmer joins Secretary Clinton in New York to attend the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD

7:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends a reception for Colombian Minister of Labor Rafael Pardo, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia through February 4. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman discusses international security and nonproliferation issues with the current A-100 class of incoming foreign service officers, at the Foreign Service Institute.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN

Assistant Secretary Feltman is in New York to attend the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez hosts a meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller participates in a roundtable discussion on the New START Treaty, hosted by the American Security Project in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

2:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Argentine Ambassador Arguello, at the Department of State.

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

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a “Greening Embassies Forum” event at the Royal Netherlands Embassy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Chair of the Kimberley Process, Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro and Under Secretary Tauscher meet with Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the U.A.E Armed Forces, at the Department of State.
(CLOSE PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Bulgarian Ambassador Elena Poptodorova, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro attends the fifth anniversary celebration of the Center for New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER

12:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with U.S. Department of Treasury Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development Marisa Lago, at the Department of Treasury.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Nirupama Rao to discuss the U.S.-India Women’s Empowerment Dialogue, at the Indian Embassy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with representatives of Tomorrow’s Youth Organization working in the West Bank, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Salvador and Sao Paulo, Brazil through February 1.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL

10:00 a.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal attends UNESCO’s International Dimension of Holocaust Education Conference at UNESCO House in Paris, France.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

12:45 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal meets with the US Ambassador to UNESCO, David Killion and Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO, Nimrod Barkan, at UNESCO House in Paris, France.
(CLOSED TO PRESS)

4:15 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal participates in a panel, “New Horizons for Holocaust Education,” at UNESCO House in Paris, France.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan joins Secretary Clinton in New York to attend the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.

6:30 p.m. Director Sullivan speaks to students at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:

12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner