SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Japan, China, and Korea through May 26. For more information, click here.
9:00 a.m. LOCAL (EDT + 12 hours) Secretary Clinton attends the Opening Session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), in Beijing, China.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
10:40 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends the U.S.-China S&ED Strategic Track Small Group Session I, in Beijing, China.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:00 p.m. LOCAL attends a working lunch with participants of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, in Beijing, China.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends the U.S.-China S&ED Strategic Track Large Group Session I, in Beijing, China.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
4:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends the U.S.-China S&ED Strategic Track Large Group Session II, in Beijing, China.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
7:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton attends a welcome dinner hosted by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, in Beijing, China.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES STEINBERG
10:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg meets with Czech Senator Sasa Vondra, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg meets with members of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends President Obama’s bilateral meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, at the White House.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Steinberg attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JACK LEW
Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew is in Mali and travels later today to Nigeria, before proceeding to Paris later this week for a Ministerial-level conference of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In Mali (May 23-24), the Deputy Secretary, accompanied by Global AIDs coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, visits a National Institute of Health-supported laboratory and a USAID-supported health clinic, meets with Malians who have studied in the United States, participates in the closing ceremony of the Flintlock 10 military partners exercise and meets with President Amadou Toumani Toure.
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJIV SHAH
Administrator Shah is in Beijing, China with Secretary Clinton at the second joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS
Under Secretary Bill Burns travels to Afghanistan and India through May 27. In Afghanistan, Under Secretary Burns is meeting with senior Afghan officials and members of a Provincial Reconstruction Team. In India, Under Secretary Burns is meeting with a range of senior Indian officials to discuss preparations for the upcoming U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue. For more information, click here.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC, ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS ROBERT HORMATS
Under Secretary Hormats accompanies Secretary Clinton on her foreign travel to Asia through May 26.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
Under Secretary McHale travels to Beijing, China to join Secretary Clinton.
UNDER SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
11:15 a.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with National Security Council staff to discuss her recent travel to Indonesia, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Otero briefs the press on her recent travel to Indonesia, in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ELLEN TAUSCHER
3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Tauscher attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
COUNSELOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF CHERYL MILLS
3:00 p.m. Counselor Mills meets with the President of the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Associations (GLIFAA), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS KURT CAMPBELL
Assistant Secretary Campbell accompanies Secretary Clinton on her foreign travel to Asia through May 26.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JEFFREY FELTMAN
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Feltman meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown.
(MEDIA TO BE DETERMINED BY GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON)
6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Feltman attends a reception in honor of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri, at the Fairmont Hotel.
