29 June, Thu, SoS Clinton and staff schedule

SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to St. Petersburg, Russia and Geneva, Switzerland. The Secretary is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon, Ambassador Verveer, VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS, and Director Sullivan.
4:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with civil society representatives, in St. Petersburg, Russia
(OPEN PRESS FOR REMARKS)

6:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matvienko, in St. Petersburg, Russia
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING MEETING)

6:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton tours the Catherine Palace with Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matvienko, in St. Petersburg, Russia
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

7:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton delivers remarks at the APEC Women and the Economy Forum Reception, in St. Petersburg, Russia
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

8:05 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in St. Petersburg, Russia
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

8:25 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton participates in a working dinner with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in St. Petersburg, Russia
(CAMERA SPRAY PRECEDING DINNER)

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with the Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kyu-hyun, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

10:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns hosts a ceremony for Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellows, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

3:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Colombian Minister of Labor Rafael Pardo Rueda, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:15 pm Deputy Secretary Burns meets with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

9:00 a.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kyu-hyun, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

10:40 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine delivers remarks at the annual conference for the Department’s Information Resource Officers, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

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

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

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller hosts the P5 Conference on Implementing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), at the Department of State.

3:00 p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller participates in a US- Russia Committee on International Security and Arms Control meeting at the National Academies of Sciences, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON

Assistant Secretary Barton is on foreign travel through June 29 in Central America.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS JOHNNIE CARSON

10:00 am Assistant Secretary Carson appears before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights to deliver testimony on the Tuareg Revolt and the Mali Coup, on Capitol Hill.

(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia James Smith, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS PHIL GORDON

Assistant Secretary Gordon accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on foreign travel through June 29 to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

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

1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in a meeting of the Executive Committee on National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, at the Department of Commerce.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR MICHAEL POSNER

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Posner will meet with Curt Goering, Executive Director of The Center for Victims of Torture, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE RICHARD

8:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard delivers remarks to the Pittsburg World Affairs Council, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM DANIEL BENJAMIN

Ambassador Benjamin is on foreign travel in Paris, France to meet with French government officials to discuss counterterrorism initiatives.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

Ambassador CdeBaca is on foreign travel to Switzerland and Morocco.

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

Ambassador Rapp is on travel to Casablanca, Morocco to participate in official meetings on global criminal justice issues.

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

Ambassador Verveer is on foreign travel in St. Petersburg, Russia to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Women and the Economy Forum.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

10:00 a.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with James Smith, President of Northern State University and Mr. Todd Jordre, Director of the Northern State University Foundation to discuss connecting the university’s business and entrepreneurship education program to the State Department’s subnational engagement efforts, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN

Director Sullivan accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
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