SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL:

10:40 a.m. Attend The President’s bilateral with His Excellency Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, at the White House.
(MEDIA TBD BY WHITE HOUSE)

11:40 a.m. Signing of Economic Cooperation Framework with His Excellency Surakiart Sathirathai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, at Blair House.
(CAMERA SPRAY)
(Pick-up time for cameras and stills:  11:10 a.m. at Blair House)

11:50 a.m. Host working lunch for His Excellency Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, at Blair House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ARMITAGE:

7:10 a.m. Live Interview with Katie Couric, NBC Today Show.

9:30 a.m. Meeting with US-Israeli Security Consultations.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

12:30 p.m. Working Lunch in honor of US-Israeli Security Consultations.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL BRIEFING:

9:15 a.m. Under Secretary for Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky will make opening remarks on camera, on the record, in the Department of State, room 1107 at the Office of International Religious Freedom’s roundtable on the subject of Religious Reconciliation and Tolerance in Afghanistan.  Questions from the press will not be taken.
(Pick-up time for cameras:  8:15 a.m. in 23^rd Street Entrance)
(Pick-up time for writers and stills:  8:45 a.m. in 23^rd Street Entrance)

THERE WILL BE A DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
(at approximately 1:00 p.m. w/Richard Boucher)