Tuesday, April 13, 2010

If you thought that after these two long, whirlwind days of summit the SOS might take a breather, well then you just do not know HRC. Here are a few snips from State Department press releases for a look into the not-so-distant future.


U.S. - South Africa Strategic Dialogue

Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
April 13, 2010

This week, Secretary Clinton and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will sign a Memorandum of Understanding laying out a framework for a Strategic Dialogue between the United States and South Africa. The signing ceremony will take place in the State Department’s Treaty Room at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2010.

The ceremony is open to the press. Both Secretary Clinton and Minister Nkoana-Mashabane are expected to deliver brief remarks.

Special Press Briefing to Preview the Energy and Climate Ministerial of the Americas

Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
April 13, 2010

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela and Secretary of State’s Coordinator for International Energy Affairs David Goldwyn will brief the press on the upcoming Energy and Climate Ministerial of the Americas on Wednesday, April 14, at 12:15 p.m. in the Carl T. Rowan Press Briefing Room (Room 2209) of the U.S. Department of State.

The Energy and Climate Ministerial of the Americas will be held April 15-16 in Washington, D.C. The Ministerial will be hosted by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu with the participation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Granted these are only glimpses into the next three days, but a peek is better than nothing, right?