DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE JUNE 3, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
JUNE 3, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry accompanies President Obama on travel to Warsaw, Poland.
9:40 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, in Warsaw, Poland.
10:20 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski sign a Framework Agreement on Innovation, in Warsaw, Poland.
PM Secretary Kerry follows President Obama’s schedule in Warsaw, Poland.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

Deputy Secretary Higginbottom travels to Asuncion, Paraguay from June 3 to June 5 to participate in the OAS General Assembly and meet with Paraguayan government officials. 

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah is on travel to Djibouti and Ethiopia from May 2 through May 4. 

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman delivers remarks on “U.S. Foreign Policy in Somalia” at the United States Institute of Peace, in Washington, DC

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
Under Secretary Gottemoeller meets with EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Directors in Sopot, Poland.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHERINE NOVELLI
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with the incoming head of the Office of the Quartet Representative Initiative for the Palestinian Economy (IPE), Kito de Boer and Deputy Sandra Wijnberg, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sewall meets with Indonesian Ambassador to the U.S. Budi Bowoleksono, at the Department of State.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
4:15 p.m. Counselor Shannon meets with Ralph Bunche Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations Ambassador John Campbell, at the Council on Foreign Relations, in Washington, DC.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL PETER SELFRIDGE
Ambassador Selfridge accompanies President Obama on foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton meets with InterAction and ten other senior level non-governmental organizations, in Washington, DC.
2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Barton meets with Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) Senior Fellow Bob Lamb at CSIS, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS CHARLES RIVKIN
Assistant Secretary Rivkin is on travel to Madrid, Lisbon, and Normandy through June 6.
9:00 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Rivkin participates in a working breakfast with members of the U.S.-Spain Foundation Council, in Madrid, Spain.
11:30 a.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Rivkin meets with Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Gonzalo de Benito, in Madrid, Spain.
1:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Rivkin meets with Spanish Secretary of State for Trade Jaime Garcia-Legaz, in Madrid, Spain.
5:00 p.m. LOCAL Assistant Secretary Rivkin meets with Spanish Secretary of State for Culture José María Lassalle Ruiz, in Madrid, Spain.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
Assistant Secretary Biswal is on travel to Tajikistan, China, and India from May 31 through June 10.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield attends a speech on “U.S. Policy in Somalia” by Under Secretary Wendy Sherman, at the U.S. Institute for Peace. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson accompanies Deputy Secretary Higginbottom in Asuncion, Paraguay from June 3 to June 5 to participate in the OAS General Assembly and meet with Paraguayan government officials.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND
Assistant Secretary Nuland accompanies Secretary Kerry and President Obama on travel to Warsaw, Poland, Paris, France, and Normandy, France.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan delivers the commencement address at the graduation ceremony at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, in Washington, DC.

6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan delivers remarks at the 2014 kick-off of Center Stage, a cultural diplomacy initiative that connects foreign artists with American communities through the performing arts, at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC. The event will be live streamed on the Kennedy Center website.
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OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp participates in meetings on international justice issues, in Bamako, Mali.