Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in South Sudan
and Uganda on Friday with Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan,
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, and Counselor
and Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills. Clinton
met with President Salva Kir and Foreign Minister Nhial Deng in
Juba, South Sudan, before meeting with President Yoweri Museveni in
Kampala, Uganda.
Elsewhere:
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Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt
Campbell is traveling to the Tonga, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Papua New Guinea through August 7.
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Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the
Environment Robert Hormats met with Minister of Trade and Industry Hage Geingob, Minister of Finance Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, and
Minister of Environment and Tourism Netumbo
Nandi-Ndaitwah in Namibia on Friday.
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Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and
Migration Anne Richard is traveling to Burkina Faso and Geneva through
August 4. In Burkina Faso, Richard will visit Damba refugee camp with U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and meet with First Lady Chantal
Campaoré. In Geneva, Assistant Secretary Richards will meet with donors to
increase support for relief operations in the Sahel.
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Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith is traveling to Burma and
Cambodia through Friday to meet with civil society groups, government
officials, youth, and participate in Ramadan activities.
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Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business
Affairs Jose Fernandez is traveling to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Indonesia
through August 9.
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Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby is in Lesotho to launch a PEPFAR skills laboratory.
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In Bujumbura, Burundi, Office of Global Criminal Justice
Ambassador-at-Large Stephen Rapp will participate in an official meeting
on global criminal-justice issues.
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Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta
Jo Lewis is in Koror, Palau, through Aug. 4 to participate in the inaugural
Micronesia Women's Summit.