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U.S.-Africa Ministerial: Press Event Schedule

Tuesday, March 16
8:00 a.m.	All journalists to be in place in Loy Henderson Conference Room, Department of State
8:30 a.m.	Opening Plenary -- Open press, no Q&A Loy Henderson Conference Room, Department of State President Clinton; Secretary of State Albright; OAU SG Salim; UNSYG Annan ; Burkina FM Ouedraogo
12:00 p.m.	Press walkout -- Photos, brief Q&A on the record Conference Room 1105 USAID Administrator Brian Atwood; USTR Charlene Barshefsky (accompanied by their press officers)
1:30 p.m.	Press walkout -- Photos, brief Q&A on the record Conference Room 1105 Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman (accompanied by DOA press officer)
5:45 p.m.	Press walkout -- Photos, brief Q&A on the record Conference Room 1406 Dept. of Energy Secretary Bill Richardson (accompanied by DOE press officer)
6:00 p.m.	Backgrounder with U.S. and African officials No photos; on-background attribution to "Senior U.S. officials" Room 2118 - State Dept. Noon Briefing Room State, USTR, DOT, USAID, Commerce, Energy officials and African officials (accompanied by respective press officers)
Wednesday, March 17
11:00 a.m.	Press walkout -- Photos, brief Q&A on the record Room 1329 Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater Exp/Imp Chairman James Harmon OPIC President George Munoz (accompanied by respective press officers)
2:30 p.m.	Press walkout -- Photos, brief Q&A on the record Conference Room 1105 Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman (accompanied by DOL press officer)
5:45 p.m.	Backgrounder with US and African officials No photos; on-background attribution to "Senior U.S. officials" Room 2118 - State Dept. Noon Briefing Room Moderator: Assistant Secretary of State for AF Susan Rice; with Exp/Imp, USAID, DOT, TDA, USTR, OPIC, Treasury officials, and African officials (accompanied by respective press officers)
Thursday, March 18
12:00	Closing Plenary -- Open press, no Q&A Loy Henderson Conference Room, Department of State Secretary of Agriculture Glickman; Tanzanian FM Jakaya Kikwete
2:30	Wrap-up Backgrounder with US and African officials No photos; on-background attribution to "Senior U.S. officials" Room 2118 - State Dept. Noon Briefing Room Moderators: Assistant Secretary of State for AF Susan Rice and NSC Senior Director for Africa Gayle Smith, with Commerce, Energy, Treasury, DOT, USAID, and African officials (accompanied by respective press officers)
Responsible Editor for this Schedule: Louis Segesvary, Africa Bureau Spokesman Tel. 736-4094 Press Coordinator for all ministerial events: Maggie Westmoreland, Tel. 647-4359 -- Press Center, Room 1317

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