DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE APRIL 4, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
APRIL 4, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY 
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan, Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tina Kaidanow, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Prem Kumar, and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS, and. 

8:55 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezour, in Rabat, Morocco.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in the Strategic Dialogue Opening Plenary, in Rabat, Morocco.
10:20 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a joint press availability with Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezour, in Rabat, Morocco.
11:20 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in the Peace Corps Volunteers Swearing-In Ceremony, in Rabat, Morocco.
2:15 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with King Mohammed VI, in Casablanca, Morocco.


DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
9:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Former Chairman, Democratic Party of Hong Kong Martin Lee and Former Chief Secretary for Administration Hong Kong Government Anson Chan, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting, at the White House.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends the monthly President’s Management Council meeting, at the White House.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah attends meetings and briefings, at USAID.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
Counselor Shannon is on travel to Cairo, Egypt from March 30 through April 4.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL
Under Secretary Sewall joins Secretary Kerry on travel to Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
Assistant Secretary Biswal is on travel to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan from March 30 through April 4.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson is on travel to Mexico City, Mexico from April 2 through April 4.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS ANNE PATTERSON
1:20 p.m. Assistant Secretary Patterson participates in a panel on “Diplomats on the Front Lines” at the 2014 Women in the World Summit. 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN
Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman is on travel to Geneva for meetings of the Geneva Group.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
Assistant Secretary Richard is on travel to Ndjamena, Chad where she will meet with international and nongovernmental organizations.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN
Assistant Secretary Ryan joins Secretary Kerry on travel to Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR TOM MALINOWSKI
9:45 a.m. Assistant Secretary Malinowski joins Deputy Secretary Burns for a meeting with Former Chairman, Democratic Party of Hong Kong Martin Lee and Former Chief Secretary for Administration Hong Kong Government Anson Chan, at the Department of State.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp is in Kigali, Rwanda as part of the Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Rwanda’s 20th Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM TINA KAIDANOW
Ambassador Kaidanow joins Secretary Kerry on travel to Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES CATHY RUSSELL
Ambassador Russell is on travel to New York to participate in the 2014 Women in the World Summit where she will speak on U.S. support for girls globally during the April 5 session and address more broadly U.S. policy on women’s rights.

DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING DAVID MCKEAN
1:30 p.m. Director McKean meets with U.S. Ambassador to Chile Mike Hammer, at the Department of State.