DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Jerusalem and Ramallah. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS.
9:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem.

2:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah.

7:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns co-hosts and delivers brief welcoming remarks at the American Academy of Diplomacy Annual Awards Ceremony, at the Department of State.

12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with French Political Director Jacques Audibert, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

Administrator Shah attends meetings and briefings, at USAID.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sherman briefs Chiefs of Mission to the U.S. on the Joint Plan of Action agreed to by the P5+1 and Iran in Geneva, at the Department of State.

ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller attends a Hoover Institution Workshop on arms control and nonproliferation verification, at Stanford University.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS WILLIAM CRAFT
Acting Assistant Secretary Craft is on foreign travel to Bali, Indonesia to participate in the World Trade Organization 9th Ministerial Meeting from November 29 through December 7 as part of a delegation led by United States Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
Assistant Secretary Biswal is on foreign travel to Kyiv, Ukraine.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND 
Assistant Secretary Nuland is on foreign travel to Kyiv, Ukraine.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN

10:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman meets with Chilean Ambassador to the UN Octavio Errazuriz Guilisasti, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION ANNE RICHARD

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with Pierre Krahenbuhl, Director of Operations, International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANNY RUSSEL
Assistant Secretary Russel accompanies Vice President Biden on foreign travel to Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA

Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya participates in Humans Rights consultations, in Brussels, Belgium.

SPECIAL ENVOY AND COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AFFAIRS CARLOS PASCUAL

2:30 p.m. Special Envoy Pascual delivers the keynote address on “Financing Strategies for Energy Sector Transformation,” at the Inter-American Development Bank.