Public Schedule – March 22, 2023

***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***

SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN

10:00 a.m. Secretary Blinken testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on the FY24 Department of State budget request on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

2:30 p.m. Secretary Blinken testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the FY24 Department of State budget request on Capitol Hill.
(MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)

DEPUTY SECRETARY WENDY R. SHERMAN

11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Sherman meets with French Ambassador to the United States Laurent Bili at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Sherman meets with Belarusian Leader of the Democratic Opposition Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES JOHN BASS

8:30 a.m. Acting Deputy Secretary Bass delivers remarks at the U.S. Department of State Quarterly Industry Engagement Brief in Washington, D.C.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS VICTORIA J. NULAND

Under Secretary Nuland attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT JOSE W. FERNANDEZ

Under Secretary Fernandez is on travel to Colombia, Panama, and Brazil from March 17-23, 2023.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS UZRA ZEYA

12:00 p.m. Under Secretary Zeya speaks at a Women’s History Month panel discussion on Women Leaders in National Security in Washington, D.C.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS KAREN DONFRIED

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Donfried meets with Estonian Ambassador to the United States Kristjan Prikk at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Donfried meets with Danish Ambassador to the United States Christina Markus Lassen at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS BARBARA LEAF

Assistant Secretary Leaf is on travel to Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Libya from March 15-25, 2023.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS MONICA P. MEDINA

Assistant Secretary Medina is on travel to New York from March 21-24, 2023.

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

No Department Press Briefing.