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***THE DAILY PUBLIC SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE *** DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO Secretary Pompeo is on travel to Manhattan, Kansas. Please click here for more information. 10:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Pompeo delivers the 190 th Landon Lecture Series speech on “In Defense of the American Rights Tradition” at Kansas State University, in Manhattan, Kansas. (OPEN COVERAGE FOR PREREGISTERED PRESS) The Secretary’s Landon Lecture will be streamed li...