U.S.DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE MARCH 18, 2016

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry has no public appointments.

DEPUTY SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN

2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Blinken will meet with Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Dore Gold, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

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

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS TOM SHANNON

9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Shannon meets with Israeli Principal Deputy Director General and Head of the Multilateral Affairs Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERSAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ROSE GOTTEMOELLER

1:45 p.m. Under Secretary Gottemoeller meets with Israeli Principal Deputy Director General and Head of the Multilateral Affairs Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff to discuss international security issues at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANIEL RUSSEL

Assistant Secretary Russel hosts the Sixth Annual U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD with Assistant Secretary of Defense David Shear will at the Department of State. Please click here for more information.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES CATHY RUSSELL

3:30 p.m. Ambassador Russell meets with members of the Turkish Parliamentary Committee on the Equality of Men and Women, at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SUSAN COPPEDGE

12:00 p.m. Ambassador Coppedge gives remarks at Atlanta Council on International Relations in Atlanta, Georgia. Clickhere for more info.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS CHARLES RIVKIN

Assistant Secretary Rivkin is on travel to India to lead the State Department’s American Innovation Roadshow in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Ahmedabad, and Hyderabad from March 14-18. Please click here for more information.