9 June 2011, Thur, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedules

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/06/165295.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates accompanied by Counselor Mills and Assistant Secretary Feltman.

11:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, in Abu Dhabi.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

1:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends the Libya Contact Group Ministerial Lunch and Co-Chairs Opening Remarks, in Abu Dhabi.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

1:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammed Saba, in Abu Dhabi.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

2:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends the Libya Contact Group Third Ministerial Session, in Abu Dhabi.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

TBD Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with TNC Executive Bureau Chairman Dr. Mahmoud Jibril, in Abu Dhabi.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED)

TBD Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, in Abu Dhabi.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED)

TBD Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov, in Abu Dhabi.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED)

TBD Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in Abu Dhabi.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED)

6:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a press availability, in Abu Dhabi.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Hubert Joly, President and CEO of Carlson Wagonlit and Jonathan Becker, Chief of Staff to Senator Klobuchar, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with President Bongo of Gabon, at the Department of State
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides joins President Obama’s bilateral meeting with the President of Gabon, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

USAID ADMINSTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah speaks with GAVI Alliance Board Chair Dagfinn Høybråten, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats participates in the World Affairs APEC Road Show in Houston through June 10.

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero joins Deputy Secretary Nides’ meeting with resident of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Serbian Minister of Justice Snezana Malovic, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Pamela L. Spratlen, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to China, Mongolia, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea through June 10.

AS FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN
Assistant Secretary Feltman is on foreign travel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to participate in the third Libya Contact Group Meeting.

AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in Lusaka, Zambia to attend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Zambia and to chair the session entitled “Achieving an African Green Revolution through Science, Technology and Innovation.”

AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
10:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller gives the opening address at a University of Chicago Workshop on "Leadership & the Future of Nuclear Energy," in Chicago, Illinois.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)


AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones leads an interagency meeting on the International Renewable Energy Agency at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets the Heads of Delegation to the U.S. – Denmark – Greenland Joint Committee Meeting at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones delivers a keynote speech at Capitol Hill Ocean Week, in Washington, DC.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a dinner in honor of the U.S. – Denmark – Greenland Joint Committee Meeting at the Danish Embassy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER
Assistant Secretary Posner participates in the China Legal Experts Dialogue, at Wye Woods, Maryland.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)


AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock delivers remarks at the Educational and Cultural Affairs Awards Ceremony, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock hosts the American Institute for Foreign Study Reception celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Au Pair Program, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela participates in a briefing for Non-Governmental Organizations regarding the U.S.-Colombia High Level Partnership Dialogue, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE DANIEL BENJAMIN
8:30 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with New Zealand Counterterrorism Coordinator Hamish Cooper, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin speaks with Russian Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in the Fight Against Terrorism Ambassador Anatoly Safonov.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY
Ambassador Goosby represents PEPFAR at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS, in New York.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
Ambassador Verveer is on foreign travel in Lusaka, Zambia for the AGOA ministerial to promote women’s economic empowerment and to support the expansion of the African Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP). AWEP, launched by the State Department during last year’s AGOA Forum, helps African women grow their SMEs, advocate for better policies, and lead women’s business networks.

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

_________
My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday throughout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

7 June 2011, Tues, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/06/165166.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
9:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends the arrival ceremony in honor of the State Visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

10:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton participates in President Obama’s bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

12:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton, Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden host a State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR OPENING REMARKS)

2:25 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Administrator Shah, Counselor Mills and the senior development team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:45 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 3:15 p.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby.
Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 3:30 p.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby.

6:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends the State Dinner hosted by President Obama and the First Lady in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

PM Secretary Clinton departs for foreign travel accompanied by Counselor Mills.
For more information, click here.

DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends the State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg joins Secretary Clinton’s bilateral meeting with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)

6:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends the State Dinner hosted by President Obama and the First Lady in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides delivers keynote remarks at the Department’s annual conference on program evaluation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the senior budget team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends the State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with. Ambassador to Germany Philip Murphy, at the Department of State
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends the State Dinner hosted by President Obama and the First Lady in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

USAID ADMINSTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
9:00 a.m. Administrator Shah speaks with USAID Tanzania Mission Director Rob Cunnane.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Administrator Shah meets with USAID Ethiopia Mission Director Tom Staal, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Administrator Shah attends the State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Secretary Clinton, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats co-hosts a Conflict Minerals Stakeholder meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary McHale attends the State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero attends the State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero co-hosts a Conflict Minerals Stakeholder meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher attends the State Luncheon in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher attends the State Dinner hosted by President Obama and the First Lady in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL:
Ambassador Marshall assists with events at the White House and Department of State for the State Visit of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Dr. Angela Merkel.

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS BROWNFIELD:
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Hamish Cooper, the New Zealand Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism and Director of the International Security and Disarmament Division, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL:
Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to China, Mongolia, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea through June 10. Click here for more information.

AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ:
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in South Africa through June 8 to discuss bilateral trade and investment opportunities.

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES:
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones delivers opening remarks at the U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Board meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Amr Salama, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends a luncheon in honor of the U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Board meeting, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER:
Assistant Secretary Posner participates in the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Civil Society Working Group, at Meridian House.

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ:
Assistant Secretary Schwartz is on foreign travel in Bangladesh the week of June 6.

AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro meets with Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK:
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock addresses the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and attends their 251st Quarterly Meeting at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
Assistant Secretary Valenzuela is on foreign travel in El Salvador through June 8 to participate in the Organization of American States General Assembly.

COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE DANIEL BENJAMIN:
Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel in Doha, Qatar to discuss counterterrorism initiatives with Qatari government officials through June 8.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY:
Ambassador Goosby represents PEPFAR at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS, in New York.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Swiss Ambassador Manuel Sager, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with OMB General Counsel Preeta Bansal at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)


PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
12:45 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner

______________
My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday throughout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

6 June 2011, Mon, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedules

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/06/165021.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
9:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton launches the Women's World Cup Initiative and marks the kick-off of the 40th Anniversary Year of Title IX, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting with President Obama at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

12:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, at the Department of State.
(JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING BILATERAL MEETING AT APPROXIMATELY 1:25 P.M.)

3:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)

5:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

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

4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides holds a meeting on the QDDR, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
10:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS
Under Secretary Burns is on foreign travel in San Salvador, El Salvador through June 6 to participate in the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly.

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to participate in the International Economic Forum of Americas Conference in Montreal, Canada through June 6.

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary McHale attends Secretary Clinton’s launch of the Women's World Cup Initiative and the kick-off of the 40th Anniversary Year of Title IX, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero attends Secretary Clinton’s launch of the Women's World Cup Initiative and the kick-off of the 40th Anniversary Year of Title IX, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)


US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher attends a meeting at the British Embassy, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Romanian State Secretary Bogdan Aurescu, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)


AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS BROWNFIELD
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Alfred S. Czerski, Director of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to China, Mongolia, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea through June 10. Click here for more information.

AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel in South Africa through June 8 to discuss bilateral trade and investment opportunities.

AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gordon joins Secretary Clinton’s bilateral meeting with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, at the Department of State.
(JOINT PRESS AVAILABILITY FOLLOWING BILATERAL MEETING)

AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller speaks at a Defense Threat Reduction Agency New START Treaty Orientation Class, in Fairfax, Virginia.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Jones attends Secretary Clinton’s launch of the Women's World Cup Initiative and the kick-off of the 40th Anniversary Year of Title IX, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with representatives of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Anne Bartley from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ
Assistant Secretary Schwartz is on foreign travel in Bangladesh the week of June 6.

AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Stock introduces Secretary Clinton at the launch of the Women's World Cup Initiative and the kick-off of the 40th Anniversary Year of Title IX, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

7:35 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock delivers remarks at the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board reception, hosted by Peruvian Ambassador Luis M. Valdivieso and his wife, at their residence in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
Assistant Secretary Valenzuela is on foreign travel in El Salvador through June 8 to participate in the Organization of the American States General Assembly.

COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE DANIEL BENJAMIN
Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel in Doha, Qatar to discuss counterterrorism initiatives with Qatari government officials through June 8.


AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
12:15 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca hosts the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Civil Society Working Group on Migration for a working lunch, in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca speaks to the National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute’s 2011 international fellows, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:15 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca participates in a meeting of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Civil Society Working Group, at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary McHale attends Secretary Clinton’s launch of the Women's World Cup Initiative and the kick-off of the 40th Anniversary Year of Title IX, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Uzbekistan Ambassador-designate George Krol, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a reception in honor of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, at the residence of Ambassador Taksoe-Jensen.

8:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends a reception for the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, hosted by Peruvian Ambassador Luis M. Valdivieso and his wife, at their residence in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)


PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. Daily Press Briefing.

____________
My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday throughout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

23 May, 2011, Mon, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/164085.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel in London, United Kingdom. Click here for more information.

DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg meets with Tzipi Livni, Chairperson of Israeli’s Kadima Party, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg accepts the credentials of Czech Republic Ambassador-designate Petr Gandalovic, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ken Yamashita, the new USAID Mission Director in Afghanistan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador James Cunningham, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends the 2011 AIPAC Policy Conference Gala Banquet, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
1:00 p.m. Administrator Shah delivers remarks and moderates a Development Forum discussion with Dr. Esther Duflo, in the Ronald Reagan Building’s Amphitheatre.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Lisa Anderson, President of American University in Cairo, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:45 p.m. Administrator Shah speaks with Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Senator Christopher Coons, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Senator John Kerry, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:15 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Senator James Inhofe, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel to participate in the OECD Ministerial meeting in Paris, France and in the G8 Summit in Deauville, France through May 28.

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with Embassy Afghanistan’s Strategic Communications Director, Eileen O'Connor, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
Under Secretary Tauscher is on foreign travel in Moscow, Russia through May 24.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL:
Ambassador Marshall is on foreign travel.

AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE:
1:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with participants in the Near East South Asia/Harvard U.S.-South Asia Leader Engagement Program, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with Matiur Rahman, Editor of Prothom Alo, Bangladesh’s Bangla Daily, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD:
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Ambassador-designate to Honduras Lisa Kubiske, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON:
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.

AS FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER:
12:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with Ambassador-designate to China Gary Locke, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO:
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro attends the 2011 AIPAC Policy Conference Gala Banquet, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
Assistant Secretary Valenzuela is on foreign travel to Costa Rica and Mexico through May 27.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA:
2:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca appears before the House Helsinki Commission on Security and Strategy in Europe at a hearing “Labor Trafficking in Troubled Economic Times: Protecting American Jobs and Migrant Human Rights,” on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with a group of female Bangladeshi parliamentarians, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON:
Special Representative Balderston is on foreign travel to London, Jordan and the West Bank through May 25


PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
12:00 p.m. Special Envoy to Sudan Ambassador Princeton Lyman will brief the press on violence in Abyei. The on-camera, on-the-record briefing will be held in the State Department Press Briefing Room (Room 2209).

_____________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

18 May, 2011, Wed, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/163617.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
9:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the senior management team, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Chinese General Chen Bingde, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the opening of the exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Operations Center, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR REMARKS)

2:30 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)

4:45 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

6:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton hosts a dinner for the Brookings Latin American Leaders Forum, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
Deputy Secretary Steinberg is on foreign travel.

DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
8:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Counselor Mills, at the Department of State
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Tunisian Finance Minister Jelloul Ayed, at the Department of State
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

3:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
8:15 a.m. Administrator Shah attends the members only Feed the Future Senator’s Coffee event, at the Senate Member’s Dining Room, in the Capitol.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Administrator Shah holds a joint press availability with Ambassador Princeton Lyman to discuss their recent trips to Sudan, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Ambassador Ryan Crocker, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Israeli Ambassador Haim Divon, deputy director-general of the Israeli MFA and the head of MASHAV, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:00 p.m. Administrator Shah attends a food security policy dinner hosted by Secretary Madeline Albright, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS
1:15 p.m. Under Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the opening of an exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Operations Center, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR REMARKS)

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Senator Johnny Isakson, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR MANAGEMENT PATRICK KENNEDY
1:15 p.m. Under Secretary Kennedy delivers remarks at the opening of an exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Operations Center, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR REMARKS)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers keynote remarks to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, at the Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

6:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers keynote remarks at a dinner on potential changes in the U.S. and Chinese economies over the coming five years, at the Cosmos Club.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE1:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale attends the opening of the exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Operations Center, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with Denis Malhaupt of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER
Under Secretary Tauscher departs for foreign travel in Moscow, Russia.

COUNSELOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF CHERYL MILLS
8:00 a.m. Counselor Mills meets with Deputy Secretary Nides, at the Department of State
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:15 p.m. Counselor Mills attends Secretary Clinton’s dinner for the Brookings Latin American Leaders Forum, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel to Portugal, Ghana and Liberia through May 20 leading a high-level delegation of U.S. federal law enforcement officials to address transnational crime issues and meet with their counterparts.

On Wednesday in Accra, Ghana, Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with host government officials to discuss the West Africa Citizen Security Initiative (WACSI).

AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
Assistant Secretary Campbell is on foreign travel to Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan through May 22.

AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Paraguayan Vice Minister of Economic Relations Ambassador Manuel Caceres, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez participates in a meeting of the Brookings Latin American Leaders Forum, at the Brookings Institution.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY BROOKINGS)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez delivers closing remarks to the Secretary’s Global Diaspora Forum, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gordon appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY SENATE)

AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller speaks at a Foreign Policy Initiative luncheon, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ
Assistant Secretary Schwartz participates in the Full Round of the Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum, and Refugees in Miami, Florida through May 18.

AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro joins Secretary Clinton’s meeting with Chinese General Chen Bingde, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock meets with Panamanian Ambassador Mario Jaramillo to discuss educational exchanges, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
6:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends Secretary Clinton’s dinner for the Brookings Latin American Leaders Forum, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN
11:30 a.m. Ambassador Benjamin meets with Neil Crompton of the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NORTH KOREA POLICY AMBASSADOR STEPHEN BOSWORTH
Ambassador Stephen Bosworth is on foreign travel to South Korea through May 18.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA
9:00 p.m. Ambassador CdeBaca gives keynote remarks at a public-private partnerships conference to end modern day slavery sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and St. Thomas University of Miami, in Rome, Italy.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
8:00 a.m. Ambassador Verveer addresses a delegation of Pakistani female entrepreneurs participating in a mentoring program, “Propelling Women Entrepreneurship in Pakistan,” which is part of an initiative of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Gender Working Group, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer participates in a reception and closing ceremony in honor of Pakistani women entrepreneurs participating in the “Propelling Women Entrepreneurship in Pakistan” mentoring program, at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS KRIS BALDERSTON
Special Representative Balderston participates in the Global Diaspora Forum, which was organized by the Global Partnership Initiative Office, at the Department of State.

PM Special Representative Balderston departs for foreign travel to London, Jordan and the West Bank through May 25.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
Special Representative Lewis is on foreign travel in Nigeria through May 21 to participate in the Nigerian Governors Forum Induction Programme for New and Existing Governors.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO SUDAN PRINCETON LYMAN
11:00 a.m. Ambassador Lyman and Administrator Shah hold a joint press availability to discuss their recent trips to Sudan, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL
12:00 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal delivers remarks at a luncheon hosted by The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, the Minnesota Rabbinical Association, at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal briefs Jewish community leaders on her activities combating anti-Semitism, at the Jewish Community Center in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal participates in a town hall forum on “Confronting Anti-Semitism and Religious intolerance” with Imam Magid, hosted by Congressman Keith Ellison, at the Sabes Jewish Community Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TODD STERN
Special Envoy Todd Stern is on foreign travel in Mexico City, Mexico through May 19 to participate in the Meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Framework on Clean Energy and Climate Change.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
11:00 a.m. Special Envoy to Sudan Princeton Lyman and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah will brief the press on their recent visits to Sudan. The on-camera, on-the-record briefing and Q&A session will be held in the State Department’s Press Briefing Room (Room 2209).

The Daily Press Briefing will immediately follow.

_________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

16 May 2011, Mon, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/163386.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the Assistant Secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the participants in the May 2011 Ambassadorial Seminar, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah, at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING BILATERAL MEETING)

2:45 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers keynote remarks at the release of the Obama administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace hosted by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

5:10 p.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the U.S.-Mexico Foundation’s Mexican American Leadership Initiative reception, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
2:45 p.m. Administrator Shah attends Secretary Clinton’s remarks at the release of the Obama administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace hosted by John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
6:30 p.m. Under Secretary McHale attends the Al Jazeera Forum, at the Newseum. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks at a panel on Growth Through Innovation: Mobile Banking and Financial Inclusion, at the Brookings Institution.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER
12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher attends a luncheon featuring General James Jones at the National Press Club.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a meeting at the offices of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL
Ambassador Marshall attends a lecture on National Heritage hosted by the White House Historical Association, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and the Supreme Court Historical Society in the Dean Acheson Auditorium at the State Department.

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer hosts principals from the P5 nations of the UN Security Council, in the annual P5 IO Directors’ Consultations

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield is on foreign travel to Portugal, Ghana and Liberia through May 20 leading a high-level delegation of U.S. federal law enforcement officials to address transnational crime issues and meet with their counterparts. On Monday in Lisbon, Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Portuguese government officials and attends a reception at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry.

AS FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller participates in a Defense Threat Reduction Agency Post-New START Treaty Workshop, in Alexandria, Virginia.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
Assistant Secretary Jones is on foreign travel in Geneva, Switzerland through May 18 to participate in the World Health Assembly.

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela participates in Secretary Clinton’s reception for the U.S.-Mexico Foundation’s Mexican American Leadership Initiative, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Christian Leffler, European External Action Service Managing Director for the Americas, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN
Ambassador Benjamin meets with Senator Lieberman and Senator Collins at the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NORTH KOREA POLICY AMBASSADOR STEPHEN BOSWORTH
Ambassador Stephen Bosworth is on foreign travel to South Korea through May 18.

GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY
12:30 p.m. Ambassador Goosby chairs an interagency meeting to discuss the Global Health Initiative with Administrator Shah, GHI Executive Director Lois Quam and CDC Director Thomas Frieden, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
Ambassador Verveer holds meetings with the McArthur Foundation on global women’s issues in Chicago, Illinois.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner.

_____________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

11 May, 2011, Wed, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/162987.htmSECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
9:20 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the 41st Washington Conference on the Americas, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of State and Council of the Americas, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

AM Secretary Clinton departs for foreign travel in Nuuk, Greenland to attend the Seventh Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary Jones.

DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg meets with EU High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
7:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides holds a secure video teleconference with Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides speaks with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Japanese Ambassador Fujisaki, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

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

4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Assistant Secretary Brimmer and Erica Barks-Ruggles, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Under Secretary of Commerce Francisco Sanchez.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
1:30 p.m. Administrator Shah appears before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations, at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)

4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Peter Roskam, at the Cannon House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:30 p.m. Administrator Shah attends a Congressional Dinner hosted by Catherine Bertini and Mary Ann Fish, at the Cosmos Club.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
Under Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Brazil through May 12.

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Ted Jones, Director for Supplier International Affairs for the Nuclear Energy Institute, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is on foreign travel to South Africa and Senegal through May 13.

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
7:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero hosts a breakfast in honor of Nigerian Elections Commissioner Jega, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

8:45 a.m. Under Secretary Otero hosts the global issues principals meeting, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks to outgoing U.S. ambassadors, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
9:45 a.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Paul Hommert, President of Sandia National Laboratories, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher meets with Major General Stanley Clarke, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES:
Assistant Secretary Jones accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Nuuk, Greenland for the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting.

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ:
Assistant Secretary Schwartz is on foreign travel to Geneva, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank through May 12.

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela delivers remarks at the 41st Washington Conference of the Americas, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Salvadorian Foreign Minster Hugo Roger Martinez Bonilla, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends the 41st Washington Conference of the Americas Keynote Luncheon, at the Department of State.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY HOST)

PM Assistant Secretary Valenzuela departs on foreign travel in the Dominican Republic.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY:
Ambassador Goosby represents the U.S. Government at the 23rd Board Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss key reforms and improved oversight of Global Fund resources.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
6:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Harriet Harman, British MP, to discuss global women’s issues, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH:
12:30 p.m. Special Representative Pandith and Special Envoy Rosenthal brief the press on the 2011 Hours Against Hate Campaign, at the Foreign Press Center.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL:
12:30 p.m. Special Envoy Rosenthal and Special Representative Pandith brief the press on the 2011 Hours Against Hate Campaign, at the Foreign Press Center.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner.

________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

10 May, 2011, Tues, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/162939.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
Secretary Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner co-host the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) with their counterparts, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo, in Washington, DC.

9:25 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the signing ceremony for six new U.S.-China EcoPartnerships, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Pre-set time for video cameras: 8:45 a.m. from the press filing center in the Exhibit Hall at the Department of State.

9:45 a.m. Secretary Clinton leads the S&ED Strategic Track Small Group Session II with State Councilor Dai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:50 a.m. Secretary Clinton participates in the Inaugural Meeting of the Advisory Committee for the 100,000 Strong Initiative, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton and Secretary Geithner co-host a luncheon with Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai and U.S. and Chinese business leaders, at Blair House.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

2:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton, Secretary Geithner, Vice Premier Wang and State Councilor Dai deliver joint closing remarks for the S&ED, in the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

2:50 p.m. Secretary Clinton and Secretary Geithner hold a joint press availability, in the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

5:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

6:35 p.m. Secretary Clinton attends a dinner co-hosted by Ambassador Verveer and Muhtar Kent of Coca-Cola in honor of the Chinese delegation to Women-LEAD, an initiative sponsored by Yale University under the auspices of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

9:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in the S&ED Strategic Track Small Group Session II with State Councilor Dai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

1:45 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides delivers remarks to the May 2011 participants in the Ambassadorial Seminar, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wollin, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Ashraf Ghani, Chairman of the Afghan Transition Coordination Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with former Under Secretary for Management and Director of Foreign Assistance, Henrietta Fore, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Didem Nisanci of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
4:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Senator Chris Coons, at the Russell Senate Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative John Tierney, at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:45 p.m. Administrator Shah meets with Representative Jason Chaffetz, at the Longworth House Office Building.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
Under Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Colombia and Brazil through May 12.

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in the S&ED Economic Track Sessions on Promoting Structural Adjustments and Transforming Development Patterns; and on Promoting Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth, at the Department of Treasury.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY TREASURY)

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Brazilian Under Secretary for Energy, Environment, and Technology Luis Alberto Figueiredo, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats delivers remarks at the Emerging Markets Private Equity Conference, at the Park Hyatt Hotel.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is on foreign travel to South Africa and Senegal through May 13.

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks on “Transforming Public Security in the Americas” hosted by The Center for Latin American Issues, at George Washington University.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero hosts a digital video conference with Congolese youth on democratic processes.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Central American Legislators to discuss civilian security as part of the 14th Annual Western Hemisphere Security Colloquium, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher delivers remarks to the Arms Control Association, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL:
Ambassador Marshall assists with events at the White House, Department of State and Department of Interior for the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo.

AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL:
Assistant Secretary Campbell participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

AS FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ:
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez meets with Brazilian Under Secretary for Energy, Environment, and Technology Luis Alberto Figueiredo, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS JANICE L. JACOBS:
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobs meets with the Albanian Ambassador Gilbert Galanxhi to discuss visa relations, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES:
9:25 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones witnesses the signing ceremony for six new U.S.-China EcoPartnerships, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets Director General Ma Xin of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets Dr. Helen Gichohi, President of the African Wildlife Foundation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER:
Assistant Secretary Posner participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ:
Assistant Secretary Schwartz is on foreign travel to Geneva, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank through May 12.

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
8:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Cardinal Jaime Ortega, at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Robert Kaplan, President of the Inter-American Foundation, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends the opening reception of the Americas Conference, at the Inter-American Development Bank.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR AT LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA:
11:00 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca meets with Ernie Allen of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
9:30 a.m. Ambassador Verveer delivers opening remarks at the inaugural program of the U.S.-China Women’s Leadership Exchange and Dialogue (Women-LEAD), an initiative sponsored by Yale University under the auspices of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer meets with Amina Afzali, Afghan Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, to discuss women’s human rights in Afghanistan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:30 p.m. Ambassador Verveer co-hosts a dinner with Muhtar Kent of Coca-Cola in honor of the Chinese delegation to Women-LEAD, an initiative sponsored by Yale University under the auspices of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS:
9:25 a.m. Special Representative Lewis witnesses the signing ceremony for six new U.S.-China EcoPartnerships, at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN:
Director Sullivan participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
12:45 p.m. Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner will brief the press on-the-record, off-camera in the Correspondents’ Room (2310).


____________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

9 May, 2011, Mon, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/162867.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
Secretary Clinton and Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner co-host the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) with their counterparts, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo, in Washington, DC.

9:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

10:10 a.m. Secretary Clinton welcomes State Councilor Dai upon his arrival in the C Street Lobby of the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Media may cover from the designated stakeout area.

10:15 a.m. Secretary Clinton leads the S&ED Strategic Track Small Group Session I with State Councilor Dai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton hosts a working luncheon with State Councilor Dai and participants in the S&ED Strategic Track, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton leads the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session I on enhancing U.S.-China cooperation with State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY WITH OPENING REMARKS FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

4:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton participates in the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session II on cooperation on regional global issues led by State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton, Secretary Geithner, Vice Premier Wang and State Councilor Dai meet with President Obama, at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

7:00 p.m. Secretary Clinton participates in an official photograph with Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai, Secretary Geithner and senior members of the U.S. and Chinese delegations, at the Department of State.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

7:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton and Secretary Geithner co-host a banquet for Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai and the Chinese delegation, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR OPENING REMARKS)

DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg meets with OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg delivers keynote remarks on “The Road to Nuuk” at the Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS).
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

7:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a banquet for Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai and the Chinese delegation, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR OPENING REMARKS)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
9:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with the Assistant Secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Nides delivers remarks at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD), at The DLA Piper/ Cohen Group in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

2:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Deputy Director of U.S. Foreign Aid Rob Goldberg, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

6:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides meets with Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy, Ambassador Marc Grossman, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
Under Secretary Burns is on foreign travel to Colombia and Brazil through May 12.

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in the S&ED Economic Track Plenary Session I on enhancing trade and investment cooperation, at the Department of the Treasury.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

4:40 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Huang Shuhe, Vice Chairman of the Chinese State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with China’s National Energy Administrator Liu Tienan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:15 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends a banquet for Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai and the Chinese delegation, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR OPENING REMARKS)

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is on foreign travel to South Africa and Senegal through May 13.

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks for the opening plenary of the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership Interim Review, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

9:15 a.m. Under Secretary Otero joins Deputy Secretary Nides’ meeting with the Assistant Secretaries, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:15 p.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Brazilian Under Secretary for Energy, Environment, and Technology Luis Alberto Figueiredo, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
Under Secretary Tauscher participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

7:15 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher attends a banquet for Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai and the Chinese delegation, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR OPENING REMARKS)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR MARC GROSSMAN:
Ambassador Grossman participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL:
Ambassador Marshall assists with events at the White House, Department of State and Department of Interior for the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo.

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER:
Assistant Secretary Brimmer participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer chairs a S&ED Breakout Session on Peacekeeping, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS BROWNFIELD:
Assistant Secretary Brownfield participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

4:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield participates in a S&ED Breakout Session on Law Enforcement, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL:
Assistant Secretary Campbell participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

9:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell attends the Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

10:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell participates in the S&ED Strategic Track Small Group Session I with Secretary Clinton and State Councilor Dai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell participates in Secretary Clinton’s working luncheon with State Councilor Dai, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell participates in the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session I on enhancing U.S.-China cooperation with Secretary Clinton and State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY FOR OPENING REMARKS FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell participates in the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session II on cooperation on regional global issues led by State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell attends a banquet for Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai and the Chinese delegation, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR OPENING REMARKS)

AS FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON:
Assistant Secretary Carson participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES:
Assistant Secretary Jones participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

9:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends the Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

2:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones attends the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session I on enhancing U.S.-China cooperation with Secretary Clinton and State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

AS OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER:
Assistant Secretary Posner participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

9:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends the Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner attends the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session II on cooperation on regional global issues led by State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ:
Assistant Secretary Schwartz is on foreign travel to Geneva, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank through May 12.

AS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS ANDREW SHAPIRO:
7:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Shapiro attends a banquet for Vice Premier Wang, State Councilor Dai and the Chinese delegation, at the Department of State.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE FOR OPENING REMARKS)

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends the Celebration of Europe Day hosted by EU Ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida, in Washington, DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
Ambassador Verveer participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

9:15 a.m. Ambassador Verveer attends the Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in the Department of the Interior’s Sidney R. Yates Auditorium.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

12:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer chairs the Gender Coordinating Committee Meeting of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:15 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session I on enhancing U.S.-China cooperation with Secretary Clinton and State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CAMERA SPRAY FOR S&ED CREDENTIALED MEDIA)

4:00 p.m. Ambassador Verveer attends the S&ED Strategic Track Plenary Session II on cooperation on regional global issues led by State Councilor Dai, in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TODD STERN:
Special Envoy Stern participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS:
Special Representative Lewis participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN:
Director Sullivan participates in the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Washington, DC.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner.
___________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

6 May, 2011, Fri, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedule

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/162796.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON:
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel in Rome, Italy. She is accompanied by Assistant Secretaries Brimmer, Feltman and Gordon.

10:30 a.m. Secretary Clinton delivers remarks on the state of global food security and food price volatility, at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in Rome, Italy.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Embassy Rome and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY JIM STEINBERG:
9:55 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg delivers keynote remarks at the Department of State’s 2011 Foreign Affairs Day event, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg participates in the 2011 American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Plaque Ceremony, in the C Street Lobby of the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES:
Deputy Secretary Nides is on foreign travel to South Africa and Mozambique through May 6. During this visit, Deputy Nides attends the 2011 Annual Meeting on the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Johannesburg and the World Economic Forum in Cape Town.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH:
10:30 a.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah visits a farming community and meets with local farmers in Sudan.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah holds a discussion on agriculture development in Sudan with local farmers, at Rajaf Farm in Sudan.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:30 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah attends the signing of the Communiqué “Partnership for Private Sector Growth,” in support of the Transforming Farms to Business Initiative, at Rajaf Farm in Sudan.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah participates in a tour and ribbon cutting ceremony of USAID’s new office compound in Southern Sudan.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS:
2:20 p.m. Under Secretary Burns speaks to participants in the 2011 Foreign Affairs Day luncheon, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS:
Under Secretary Hormats is on foreign travel in Cairo, Egypt through May 8.

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE:
Under Secretary McHale is on foreign travel to South Africa and Senegal through May 13, to highlight the role of young Africans in shaping the future of the continent.

US FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO:
8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Otero delivers remarks at the 2011 Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Day event, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER:
Under Secretary Tauscher is on foreign travel to Romania, United Kingdom and Belgium through May 6.

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER:
Assistant Secretary Brimmer accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Rome, Italy.

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS BROWNFIELD:
10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends the AFSA Memorial Plaque Ceremony as part of Foreign Affairs Day, at the Department of State.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

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

3:40 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield meets with Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, and Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michele Leonhart, at the Department of Justice.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR NEAR EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS JEFF FELTMAN:
Assistant Secretary Feltman accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Rome, Italy.

AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON:
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Rome, Italy.

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES:
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets Australian Deputy Chief of Mission Graham Fletcher, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER:
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner briefs Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, other members of Congress and China policy experts on the recent U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ:
Assistant Secretary Schwartz is on foreign travel to Geneva, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank through May 12.

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA:
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela participates in a seminar on Foreign Affairs Day, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY:
Ambassador Goosby convenes the 2011 PEPFAR Annual Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, to identify opportunities to build on PEPFAR achievements moving forward.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER:
Ambassador Verveer returns from foreign travel in Tunisia after leading a State Department colloquium with women civil society leaders from throughout the Middle East and North Africa region, and meeting with Tunisian government officials and representatives from business and civil society.

10:00 a.m. In a taped video message, Ambassador Verveer delivers a message on the role of women as peacemakers as part of the U.S. Institute for Peace (USIP) symposium on "Women and War," at USIP headquarters in Washington, DC. USAID Deputy Administrator Don Steinberg also delivers remarks at the event.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner.


_____________
In the interests of Order and Method: My Schedule of Regular Posts:
*Monday through Friday morning - schedules of President, VP and Secretary of State and her diplomats
*Monday through Friday afternoon - List of topics Limbaugh discussed on his program that day
*Monday through Friday througout the day - My posts on anything that I feel like talking about. At least one or two a day, sometimes more.
*Saturday through Sunday morning - An addition to my booklist of political books - covering Democrats, Republicans and other interested parties.

5 May 2011, Thurs, SoS Clinton and Staff Schedules

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/appt/2011/05/162593.htm
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel in Rome, Italy to participate in a meeting of the Libya Contact Group and deliver remarks to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). She is accompanied by Assistant Secretaries Brimmer, Feltman and Gordon.

9:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, in Rome, Italy.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

9:40 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Frattini hold a joint press availability, in Rome, Italy.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

11:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the Libya Contact Group Opening Ministerial Session, in Rome, Italy.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

12:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in the Libya Contact Group Second Ministerial Session, in Rome, Italy.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with representatives of the Libya Transitional National Council in Rome, Italy.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

4:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, in Rome, Italy.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

5:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in Rome, Italy.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)

DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY THOMAS NIDES
Deputy Secretary Nides is on foreign travel to South Africa and Mozambique through May 6. During this visit, Deputy Nides attends the 2011 Annual Meeting on the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Johannesburg and the World Economic Forum in Cape Town.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
Administrator Shah participates in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Cape Town, South Africa.

10:30 a.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah attends a World Economic Forum session, “Taking Africa’s Economic Pulse,” at the Westin Grand Hotel in Cape Town.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:15 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah visits HIV patients from Kheth’Impilo, in the Khayelitsha Township in Cape Town.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:15 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah visits a Mothers to Mothers (m2m) project site in the Khayelitsha Township in Cape Town.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:30 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah participates in a event with youth at the University of Western Cape School of Public Health in Cape Town.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

5:15 p.m. LOCAL Administrator Shah attends a World Economic Forum session, “Innovative Partnerships for Development Plenary with Kofi Annan,” at the Cape Town International Conference Center Plenary Hall.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS
10:15 a.m. Under Secretary Burns speaks to participants in the National Security Management Class of Syracuse University by digital video conference from the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Burns meets with Shyam Saran, former Indian Foreign Secretary, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

US FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in the opening ceremony of the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats participates in a business roundtable meeting with Ambassador Demetrious Marantis, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Cynthia Carroll of Anglo American, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

PM Under Secretary Hormats departs for foreign travel in Cairo, Egypt through May 8.

US FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
Under Secretary McHale is on foreign travel to South Africa and Senegal through May 13, to highlight the role of young Africans in shaping the future of the continent.

US FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS ELLEN TAUSCHER
Under Secretary Tauscher is on foreign travel to Romania, United Kingdom and Belgium through May 6.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL>6:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts a reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps at Blair House with Cultural Tourism DC to launch “Passport DC,” an annual month long celebration of the international and diplomatic community in Washington DC.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED)

AS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE
Assistant Secretary Blake is on foreign travel to Maldives and Sri Lanka through May 5 to meet with government officials, civil society representatives, and political leaders in both countries.

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
Assistant Secretary Brimmer accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Rome, Italy to participate in a meeting of the Libya Contact Group and deliver remarks to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

AS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS WILLIAM BROWNFIELD9:15 a.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brownfield attends the White House Cinco de Mayo Celebration.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

AS OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL3:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Campbell and Treasury’s Senior Coordinator and Executive Secretary for China and the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) David Loevinger brief the Press on the Upcoming U.S.-China S&ED, in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

AS FOR NEAR EAST ASIAN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN
Assistant Secretary Feltman accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Rome, Italy to participate in a meeting of the Libya Contact Group.

AS FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHILIP GORDON
Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel in Rome, Italy to participate in a meeting of the Libya Contact Group.

AS FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Cathy Campbell of CRDF, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AS OF STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER8:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner discusses the intersection of human rights, technology, and business at Yahoo!’s third annual Business and Human Rights Summit, at the National Press Club’s Holeman Lounge.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

11:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner meets with European Union representatives, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Posner testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on developments in the Middle East, on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY SENATE)

AS FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ERIC SCHWARTZ
Assistant Secretary Schwartz is on foreign travel to Geneva, Iraq, Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank from May 2-12.

AS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
Assistant Secretary Stock meets with program partners and attends Carnegie Hall's 120th Anniversary Concert in New York City.

AS FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
11:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Mexican Congressman Francisco Rojas Gutierrez, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela meets with Guatemalan Ambassador Francisco Villagran, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela attends the White House Cinco de Mayo Celebration.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN
2:30 p.m. Ambassador Benjamin appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBY
Ambassador Goosby convenes the 2011 PEPFAR Annual Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, to identify opportunities to build on PEPFAR achievements moving forward.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES MELANNE VERVEER
Ambassador Verveer is on foreign travel to Tunisia through May 6 to lead a Department of State colloquium with women civil society leaders from throughout the Middle East and North Africa region. While in Tunisia, she will also meet with Tunisian government officials and representatives from business and civil society on issues relating to women and Tunisia's political transition.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH
Special Representative Pandith speaks at the PTTOW! Conference in Newport Beach, California.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
1:15 p.m. Daily Press Briefing with Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner.

3:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell and Senior Coordinator and Executive Secretary for China and the S&ED at the Department of the Treasury David Loevinger will brief the press on the upcoming S&ED in the Press Briefing Room (Room 2209). The briefing will be on-camera and on-the-record.

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