Public Schedule – September 28th, 2022

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

SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN

10:00 a.m. Secretary Blinken meets with Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

11:15 a.m. Secretary Blinken delivers remarks at a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) MOU signing with Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera, Malawian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Sosten Gwengwe, and MCC CEO Alice Albright at the Department of State.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

This event will be livestreamed on www.state.gov and www.youtube.com/statedept.

Preset time for video cameras is 10:00 a.m. from the 21st Street Entrance Lobby.

Final access time for writers and still photographers is 10:45 a.m. from the 21st Street Entrance Lobby. 

12:00 p.m. Secretary Blinken participates in the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Leaders Working Lunch on People Centered Development in the Pacific, at the Department of State.  Please click here for more information.
(POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)

This event will be livestreamed on www.state.gov and www.youtube.com/statedept.

 DEPUTY SECRETARY WENDY R. SHERMAN

Deputy Secretary Sherman attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES BRIAN P. MCKEON

Deputy Secretary McKeon attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State.

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 Bucharest and Romania from September 27-29, 2022. Pleas click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS KAREN DONFRIED

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Donfried meets with Czech Republic Deputy Foreign Minister Jiri Kozak at the Department of State.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE MALLORY STEWART

Assistant Secretary Stewart is on travel to Austria from September 27-29, 2022. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LEE SATTERFIELD 

6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Satterfield delivers opening remarks at the Executive Council on Diplomacy Board of Directors meeting in Washington, DC.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR GLOBAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS ELIZABETH K. TRUDEAU

Acting Assistant Secretary Trudeau is on travel to Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic from September 28-October 9, 2022.  Please click here for more information.

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

2:00 p.m. Department Press Briefing with Spokesperson Ned Price.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

The Department Press Briefing will be live-streamed on www.state.gov and www.youtube.com/statedept.