Daily Appointments Schedule for May 12

12:15 p.m.   Deliver remarks at the Launch of the “One Woman Initiative” Fund for Women’s Empowerment, in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Pre-set time for cameras: 11:00 a.m. from the 23^rd Street entrance
Final access time for all media: 12:00 p.m. from the 23^rd Street entrance

4:00 p.m.    Officiate at the Swearing In Ceremony for The Honorable Goli Ameri, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Pre-set time for cameras:  3:00 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for all media:  3:45 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance

SPECIAL BRIEFINGS:

11:15 a.m.   U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Ky Luu will brief the press on relief efforts for Burma.  This briefing will be ON-THE-RECORD, ON-CAMERA, in the State Department Press Briefing Room (room 2209).

**3:00 p.m.   Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer and Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson will announce that the U.S. is renewing the "Rewards for Justice" initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today.  This briefing will be ON-THE-RECORD, ON-CAMERA, in the State Department Press Briefing Room (room 2209).

THERE WILL NOT BE A MORNING PRESS GAGGLE

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING:
(at approximately 12:00 p.m. with Sean McCormack)