Daily Appointments Schedule for November 13

SECRETARY OF STATE RICE:
11:45 a.m.(CST)  Address delegates at the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)
Media planning on attending the event must call Glenn Rosenkrantz or Jessica Rosenblum.
Pre-set time for cameras:  9:30 a.m. from the Delta Lobby of the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
Final access time for writers and stills:  11:00 a.m. from the Delta Lobby of the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
Press contacts:

            H. Glenn Rosenkrantz, UJC Media Relations
                        (212)284-6572/glenn.rosenkrantz@ujc.org
            Jessica Rosenblum, Rabinowitz-Dorf Communications
                        (202)265-3000/jessica@rabinowitz-dorf.com

SPECIAL BRIEFINGS:

10:30 a.m.   Representatives from the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Baghdad will brief reporters at the Department of State via digital satellite video conference on reconstruction progress in Iraq.  Thomas F. Burke, Jr., Provincial Reconstruction Team (Embedded) Baghdad 5 Team Leader, and Col. Paul E. Funk II, Commander of the 1st "Iron Horse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, will discuss current activities taking place in Baghdad. The video feed of the briefing will be of broadcast quality, barring technical difficulties. This will be an on-the-record, on-camera briefing and will take place in the State Department’s Press Briefing Room (2209).

MORNING PRESS GAGGLE:
10:00 a.m. with Tom Casey
Pick up time for all press:  9:55 a.m. from room 2310 / no late escort

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING:
(at approximately 12:30 p.m. with Tom Casey)