12 July 2012, Thu, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2012/07/194350.htm

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, Vientiane, Laos, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Secretary is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Campbell, Ambassador Marshall, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS., and White House Senior Director for Asian Affairs Daniel Russel.
8:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Mission Vietnam, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun, in Vientiane, Laos.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)
11:55 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, in Vientiane, Laos.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

12:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton tours the COPE Prosthetics Center and exhibition, in Vientiane, Laos.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Embassy Vientiane, in Vientiane, Laos.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton visits the Ho Phra Keo Temple and Museum, in Vientiane, Laos.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
(OPEN PRESS FOR REMARKS)

5:35 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Jerusalem and Ramallah for meetings with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

9:50 a.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 General Electric Vice Chairman John Rice and Vice President & Senior Counsel for Global Government Affairs and Policy Karan Bhatia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Education Deputy Secretary Tony Miller.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINSITRATOR RAJ SHAH

Administrator Shah is on foreign travel to London, England to participate in the London Summit on Family Planning, convened by the Government of the United Kingdom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah meets with Netherlands Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation Ben Knapen, in London, England.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah meets with President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, in London, England.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah meets with Director General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan, in London, England.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah meets with Ethiopian Minister of Health Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in London, England.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah meets with U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Louis Susman, in London, England.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Burma through July 15 to promote U.S. economic ties with ASEAN.

8:00 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends a breakfast meeting with Vietnam-based Bank Executives, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats tours the Pepsi Bottling Facility, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends a brownbag lunch with Embassy Hanoi members and CG Ho Chi Minh City Economic Officers to discuss Economic Statecraft, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats attends the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry Roundtable on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. LOCAL Under Secretary Hormats meets with Vietnamese Environmental NGOs, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

Under Secretary Otero is on foreign travel in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey through July 13 to discuss regional cooperation, displacement, trafficking in persons, human rights issues, and youth engagement. She will also travel to Jordan from July 15-July 16.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

Ambassador Marshall accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Barton meets with representatives from the Civilian Response Corps Interagency, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with International Monetary Fund staff, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL

Assistant Secretary Campbell accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel. P

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON

Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel through July 14 to France, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo and Cyprus.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson participates in Under Secretary Sherman’s meeting with former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Panamanian Ambassador to the U.S. Mario Jaramillo, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson holds a briefing at the Foreign Press Center.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

Assistant Secretary Posner is on travel through July 16 to Cambodia, Vietnam, and Egypt.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel to The Hague, Netherlands to meet with Dutch government officials to discuss counterterrorism initiatives.

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

9:00 a.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with members of the Congressional HIV Caucus to provide an update on PEPFAR’s progress, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Ambassador Goosby meets with Senator Marco Rubio to provide an update on PEPFAR’s progress, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

Ambassador Verveer is on foreign travel in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia where she will participate in the Women’s Leadership Forum and the Community of Democracies’ Governing Council Meeting and meet with female leaders from government and civil society. Ambassador Verveer then travels to Cambodia for the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Gender Policy Dialogue for the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI).

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON

Special Representative Balderston is on foreign travel in Siem Reap, Cambodia to participate in the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy Dialogue for the Lower Mekong Initiative.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

2:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis attends the 7^th Annual Economic & Financial Development Conference titled “Today’s Challenges Tomorrow’s Opportunities,” in Miami, Florida.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL

Special Envoy Rosenthal is on foreign travel in Mannheim, Germany through July 12 and Krakow, Poland from July 12 through 15.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
12:00 p.m. There will be an off-camera, on-the-record gaggle with Patrick Ventrell, Director of the Office of Press Relations, in the Press Briefing Room (room 2209).