May 19, 2008
HP-985

Deputy Secretary Kimmitt to Hold Briefing on Palestine Investment Conference

Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt will hold an on-camera briefing Tuesday on the Palestine Investment Conference.  Deputy Secretary Kimmitt is leading a Presidential Delegation to the conference, which will take place in Bethlehem May 21-23, 2008.  More information on the Palestine Investment Conference is available at: http://www.pic-palestine.ps/. 

Who               
Robert M. Kimmitt, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Treasury
Robert Mosbacher, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Larry W. Walther, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Walter Isaacson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aspen Institute
Chair, U.S.-Palestinian Partnership
Dr. Ziad Asali, President and Founder, American Task Force on Palestine
Co-Chair, U.S.-Palestinian Partnership

What            
Briefing on Palestine Investment Conference

When            
Tuesday, May 20, 11:00 a.m. EDT

Where           
Briefing Room, Washington Foreign Press Center
National Press Building
529 14th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C.                      

Note                 
RSVP to Christopher Teal at TealCL@state.gov.