Collected Department Releases: June 27 - Friday

June 27, 2014

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PUBLIC SCHEDULE

JUNE 27, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry is on travel to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is accompanied by National Security Council Director on Gulf Affairs Elisa Catalano and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS. Please click here for more information.

3:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)

4:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)

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DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns officiates the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador-designate to Peru Brian Nichols, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

4:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHY NOVELLI

2:45 p.m. Under Secretary Novelli attends a meeting at the Department of Commerce.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS RICHARD STENGEL

3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Stengel participates in a reception and discussion on leadership for J-1 Exchange Visitors, at the U.S. Mission to the UN.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON

10:00 a.m. Counselor Shannon attends the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador-designate to Peru Brian Nichols, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:00 p.m. Counselor Shannon attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY WHITE HOUSE)

3:30 p.m. Counselor Shannon meets with USAID Administrator Raj Shah, at USAID.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL PETER SELFRIDGE

Ambassador Selfridge leads an Experience America trip to Seattle, Washington with members of the foreign Diplomatic Corps and their spouses from June 24^th-28^th. Experience America trips build relationships, encourage business investment and trade, provide a forum for dialogue, and create opportunity for interchange between Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions and American leaders in a wide array of fields.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL

11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with United States Enrichment Corporation Director of Government Programs Dr. Vijay Sazawal, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

1:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

1 00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman meets with French Secretary General for Defense and National Security Francis Delon, at the Department of State.

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3 00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Countryman hosts an NGO roundtable on the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons, at the Department of State.

(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD

Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield participates in the 23^rd African Union Summit, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea from June 24-28. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador-designate to Peru Brian Nichols, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson delivers opening remarks for a panel on “Issues Affecting the Caribbean Sea,” at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND

Assistant Secretary Nuland is on travel to Dublin, Belfast, and Reykjavik. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN

9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan meets with Chinese Minister of Culture Cai Wu, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan speaks at the pre-departure orientation for outbound Fulbright scholars going to the Middle East and North Africa and the Western Hemisphere, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR TOM MALINOWSKI

Assistant Secretary Malinowski is on travel to Rangoon, Burma through June 30.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD

Assistant Secretary Richard is on travel to Managua, Nicaragua where she will attend the Regional Conference on Migration. Please click here for more information.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

9:45 a.m. Ambassador CdeBaca speaks at the Students Opposing Slavery event at the Lincoln Cottage, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p. m. Ambassador CdeBaca testifies on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HFAC)

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Collected Department Releases: June 27 - Friday