U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Abuja, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Counselor Mills, Assistant Secretary Carson, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs Grant Harris, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. Please click here for more information.
4:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Security Council, in Abuja, Nigeria.
(CAMERA SPRAY)
5:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Nigerian Anti-corruption Leaders, in Abuja, Nigeria.
(CAMERA SPRAY)
6:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with the staff and families of Embassy Abuja, in Abuja, Nigeria.
(POOLED PRESS COVERAGE)
8:20 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Clinton meets with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, in Accra, Ghana.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
11:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Susan Elliott, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Michael Polt, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Affinity Group Leadership, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY TOM NIDES
12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides hosts a luncheon in honor of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Nides attends a meeting at the White House.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE WHITE HOUSE)
ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER
12:30p.m. Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller attends and delivers remarks at the 2012 Deterrence Symposium at Strategic Command in Nebraska. The theme of the conference is “Re-examining Core Deterrence Concepts.”
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
COUNSELOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF CHERYL MILLS
Counselor Mills accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel. Please click here for more information.
ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS JOHN FEELEY
11:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Feeley meets with SOUTHCOM Commander, General Fraser, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel through August 9 to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Indonesia. Please click here for more information.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
Assistant Secretary Hammer attends the promotion of Captain John F. Kirby to Rear Admiral (Lower Half), at the Pentagon.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
9:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with the Program Director of the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MENA) Leah Atwood, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones participates in a Principals-level meeting of the Cookstoves Interagency Working Group, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with a Vietnamese delegation led by the President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Dr. Chau Van Minh, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS ANN STOCK
1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Stock speaks to participants in the Global Undergraduate Exchange Programs in Pakistan and in Eurasia and Central Asia, at the National 4-H Conference Center, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY
Ambassador Goosby delivers closing remarks at the second annual symposium of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR AT LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where he will participate in official meetings on global criminal justice issues.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
10:30 a.m. Special Representative Lewis meets with Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the U.S. Ilhom Nematov, at the Embassy of Uzbekistan, in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED TO PRESS)
DIRECTOR OF POLICY PLANNING JAKE SULLIVAN
Director Sullivan accompanies Secretary Clinton on foreign travel. Please click here for more information.
