Tuesday, July 31, 2012

31 Jul 2012, Tues, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2012/07/195790.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

Secretary Clinton departs on foreign travel.
DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Mexico and Colombia for bilateral meetings and to lead the U.S. delegation to the July 31 U.S.-Colombia High Level Partnership Dialogue in Bogota.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

8:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with General Mike Moeller, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

10:45 a.m.
Under Secretary Sherman meets with German State Secretary Michael Link, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

8:30 a.m.
Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks on “Re-Engaging Burma? Reform, Sanctions, and the Road Ahead,” sponsored by the Washington International Trade Association, at the Microsoft Offices.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with John J. Castellani, President and CEO of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

Under Secretary Hormats departs on foreign travel to Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa, August 2-12. In Botswana and Namibia, Under Secretary Hormats meets with the relevant ministries, the business community, and local conservation leaders. In South Africa he participates in the U.S.-South African Strategic Dialogue, serves as part of the U.S Chamber of Commerce’s business delegation and participates in the U.S.-South Africa Business Summit.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

9:00 a.m.
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller attends an event hosted by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the National Intelligence Council titled “Emerging Issues in European Conventional Arms Control” at the University Club, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller speaks to the Executive Women at State group about the negotiation of the New START Treaty and other nuclear policy issues, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL


Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel through August 7 to the Pacific Islands.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON

Assistant Secretary Carson accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

10:45 a.m.
Assistant Secretary Countryman participates in a taping of the Conversations with America Program with Deepti Choubey of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ


Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in Bogota, Colombia to co-chair the Economic and Social Opportunities Working Group of the U.S.-Colombia High Level Partnership Dialogue on July 31.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON

Assistant Secretary Gordon is on foreign travel to Greece and Turkey through July 31.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

Assistant Secretary Jacobson accompanies Deputy Secretary Burns on foreign travel to Colombia for bilateral meetings and to participate in the U.S.-Colombia High Level Partnership Dialogue in Bogota.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel through August 3 to Burkina Faso and Geneva, Switzerland. In Burkina Faso, Assistant Secretary Richard will join UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres to review the situation of refugees from the crisis in Mali. She will also visit programs for family planning and fistula care in Ouagadougou and meet with the First Lady of Burkina Faso Chantal Campaoré. In Geneva, Assistant Secretary Richard will address media jointly with UN High Commissioner Guterres and will also meet with other donors.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

12:30 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin briefs the press on the release of Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 at the State Department Daily Press Briefing, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

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

Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Bujumbura, Burundi, to participate in official meetings on global criminal justice issues.

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

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer holds a conference call with Ernst & Young Global Vice Chair Beth Brooke, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m.
Ambassador Verveer meets with a White House representative, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m.
Ambassador Verveer meets with Arison Group Founder Shari Arison, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:30 p.m.
Ambassador Verveer meets with UN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON

Special Representative Balderston is on foreign travel in Guatemala through August 1 to lead a Clean Cookstoves Delegation along with the Director of U.S. Cookstoves Initiatives Jacob Moss and the Senior Director for Strategic Partnerships at the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Leslie Cordes. The delegation will meet with high-level representatives from government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations to discuss new opportunities for cooperation around the Global Alliance for Clean Coosktoves..
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Vladivostok, Russia to promote U.S.-Russia Subnational Dialogue and Engagement.

11:00 a.m. LOCAL Special Representative Lewis meets with journalists from Konkurrent Newspaper, at the U.S. Consulate.
(OPEN TO INVITED PRESS)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH


Special Representative Pandith is on foreign travel to Burma and Cambodia through August 3 to meet with civil society groups, government officials, youth, and participate in Ramadan activities.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel. 
PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. The Bureau of Counterterrorism’s Ambassador-at-Large, Daniel Benjamin, will present the Country Reports on Terrorism 2011 in the Press Briefing Room (2209). This event is ON-camera and on-the-record.
An OFF-camera, on-the-record briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell will follow.

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