U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Public Schedule
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Egypt and Tunisia. Click here for more information.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, in Cairo, Egypt.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
11:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton holds a bilateral meeting with Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, in Cairo, Egypt.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
12:45 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Embassy Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with civil society leaders, in Cairo, Egypt.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY)
5:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton conducts an interview with Shahira Amin of Nile TV, in Cairo, Egypt.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
Deputy Secretary Nides is on official travel in Afghanistan.
USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
10:00 a.m. Administrator Shah appears before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
1:30 p.m. Administrator Shah attends a meeting at the White House.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS BILL BURNS
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS JUDITH MCHALE
11:15 a.m. Under Secretary McHale meets with Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman Walter Isaacson, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary McHale gives brief remarks at the Public Affairs Task Force Awards Ceremony, at the Department of State. The event honors those who served as the Public Affairs representative on task forces in 2010 and 2011, including Haiti, Wikileaks, Egypt and Libya.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS MARIA OTERO
8:45 a.m. Under Secretary Otero hosts the weekly global issues principals meeting at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Otero meets with Inter-American Court of Human Rights Judge Diego Garcia-Sayan, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with Representative Karen Bass, on Capitol Hill.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS BROWNFIELD
Assistant Secretary Brownfield tours INL facilities in Iraq and meets with host government officials, in Iraq. Click here for more information.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ARTURO VALENZUELA
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela delivers opening remarks at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, in Washington DC.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, Vann Van Diepen, meet with Claude R. Canizares, Professor of Physics, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
6:15 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller speaks to the St. Louis Committee on Foreign Relations about the New START Treaty and next steps in arms control, in St. Louis, Missouri
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Spanish Charge d’Affaires Juan Molina-Lamothe, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
Assistant Secretary Stock is on foreign travel to Kuwait and Iraq through March 22.
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY
Ambassador Goosby convenes the country coordinators of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for consultations at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES FARAH PANDITH AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM HANNAH ROSENTHAL
Special Representative Pandith and Special Envoy Rosenthal travel to Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Spain through March 17 to meet with young people, government officials, community leaders, and civil society for the “2011 Hours Against Hate” campaign.
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