4 Feb 2013, Mon, SoS John Kerry and Staff Schedule

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

9:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry delivers remarks to State Department employees upon arrival at the State Department.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES

2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Stuart Jones, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman attends lunch with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, at the Ambassador’s Residence in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with U.S. Ambassador to Jordan Stuart Jones, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a conference call with U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Norman Eisen, at the Department of State
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

10:15 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine is interviewed by the German Council on Foreign Relations, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine delivers remarks at a performance by youth performers of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine meets with Burmese pro-democracy activist Zin Mar Aung, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

11:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer delivers a presentation to interagency students at the Foreign Service Institute on Multilateral Diplomacy and United States Foreign Policy in a changing world.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

11:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Sri Lankan Members of Parliament Eran Wickramaratne and Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with a delegation of economic officials from Russia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with former Paraguayan Ambassador to the U.S. Rigoberto Gauto, in Washington.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with U.S. Ambassador to Belize Vinai Thummalapally, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson delivers remarks at the WEAmericas Small Grants Launch Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS DAWN MCCALL

12:00 p.m. Coordinator McCall addresses the monthly Public Diplomacy Council-University of Southern California lunch forum, at the American Foreign Service Association, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK

Assistant Secretary Stock is on foreign travel to Nepal, Bangladesh and Burma through February 15 to meet with program participants and discuss and strengthen ECA programming.

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

3:30 p.m. Ambassador Goosby delivers remarks at the Susan G. Komen Global Women's Cancer Summit, in Washington, D.C.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

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

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer announces the recipients of the Women Entrepreneurs in the Americas (WEAmericas) small grants and participates in a panel discussion, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer speaks participates in a panel discussion with the recipients of the Women Entrepreneurs in the Americas (WEAmericas) small grants.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)