DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE APRIL 15, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
APRIL 15, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

7:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Vice President Biden, in Washington, DC.
11:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry hosts the swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin, at the Department of State.
12:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, at the White House.
1:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice, at the White House.
2:45 p.m. Secretary Kerry hosts the swearing-in ceremony for Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel, at the Department.
7:00 p.m. Secretary Kerry attends a Passover Seder hosted by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and Mrs. Rhoda Dermer, at the Ambassador’s residence.


DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
12:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom meets with Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Caroline Atkinson and Department of Treasury Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin, in Washington, DC.
Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah is on travel to Mexico City, Mexico to lead the U.S. delegation to the High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
Counselor Shannon is on travel to London, Berlin, and Stuttgart from April 10 to 15. While in London he will engage with UK leadership on a range of bilateral issues and participate in the Ditchley Foundation conference on Brazil. In Berlin he will discuss a range of bilateral issues and also conduct AFRICOM and EUCOM consultations in Stuttgart.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Chilean Minister of Defense Jorge Burgos, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS RICHARD STENGEL
2:45 p.m. Under Secretary Stengel is sworn-in by Secretary Kerry, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sewall attends a meeting at the White House.

2:45 p.m. Under Secretary Sewall attends the swearing-in ceremony for Under Secretary Stengel hosted by Secretary Kerry, at the Department of State

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Indian Space Research Organization Chairman K. Radhakrishnan, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN

11:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman attends the swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary Rivkin hosted by Secretary Kerry, at the Department of State.
2:45 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman attends the swearing-in ceremony for Under Secretary Stengel hosted by Secretary Kerry, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS CHARLES RIVKIN
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Rivkin is sworn-in by Secretary Kerry, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL
2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Russel meets with Malaysian Ambassador to the U.S. Dato Dr. Awang Adek bin Hussin, at the Department of State.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
11:00 a.m. Director McKean meets with former U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, at the Department of State.