| June 28-July 7 |
House and Senate Independence Day recess. (Senate recess is through July 6.) |
| July 7-9 |
G8 summit. Toyako, Japan |
| Week of July 7 |
India submits an Indian-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement to the IAEA board of governors (possible). Vienna, Austria |
| July 8 |
10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 8 |
2:30 p.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "Meeting the Iranian Challenge," with William Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org and the Committee website; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 9 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on U.S. Policy toward Iran, with William Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington |
| July 9 |
Noon, Anne Wu, Harvard University, "Reenergizing the United Nations' Role in Denuclearizing North Korea." Korea Economic Institute, 1201 F St., N.W., Suite 910, Washington. RSVP online. |
| July 9 |
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with President Bush. Toyako, Japan. The proposed U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation agreement is on the agenda. |
| July 10 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Paula DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, "Verification, Noncompliance, and the Challenge of Response." Sponsored by the National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3582. |
| July 10 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on the threat posed by Electromagnetic Pulse attack, with William Graham, Commission to Assess the Threat to the U.S. from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 10 |
2:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July 10 |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech officials sign an agreement on a new U.S. radar station to be based in the Czech Republic, part of the U.S. missile defense system. Prague, Czech Republic |
| July 10-? |
Six-party talks resume on North Korea's nuclear program (tentative). Beijing |
| July 14 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; Avner Cohen, U.S. Institute of Peace; Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association; Fiona Simpson, New York University; and Leonard Spector, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Israel’s Airstrike on Syria’s Nuclear Reactor: Preventive War and the Nonproliferation Regime." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the U.S. Institute of Peace, Second Floor Conference Room, 1200 17th:nbsp;St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Christopher Neu by email. |
| Week of July 14 |
Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 3001, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| July 15 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Brian Green, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Policy, "OSD Strategic Perspectives." Sponsored by the National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3582. |
| July 15 |
1:00-3:00 p.m., Amb. Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Mary Alice Hayward, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations, "The Responsible Expansion of Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation." State Department, 2201 C St., N.W., Washington. RSVP by July 14 to Erin Harbaugh by email. |
| July 15 |
6:00 p.m., Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University; Riccardo Redaelli, Landau Network; and, Michael Kraig, Stanley Foundation, "U.S. Strategy Toward Iran." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington
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| July 16 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Stephen Johnson, Navy Strategic Systems Programs, "The Trident and Contribution to Deterrence." Sponsored by the National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3582. |
| July 16 |
Time TBA, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed) |
| July 16 |
Time TBA, House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill, which includes the nonproliferation programs of the State Department. Location TBA, Washington |
| July 16 |
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM |
| July 17 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Robert Bell, SAIC-Europe, "Missile Defense in Europe: The Russian Dimension." Sponsored by the National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3582. |
| July 17 |
10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Energy Department's "Complex Transformation." 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 17-19 |
Americans for Informed Democracy, "At a Crossroads: Diplomacy and Iran, Scholars Program." George Washington University, Washington. Register online. |
| July 18 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Seeking the High Road on Nuclear Strategy." Sponsored by the National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3582. |
| July 18-21 |
Peace Action national congress and congressional education days. Trinity University, 125 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington (July 18-20) and Capitol Hill (July 21) |
| July 21 |
Noon-2:00 p.m.,Cristina Hansell, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Nuclear Medicine's Double Hazard: Imperiled Treatment and the Risk of Terrorism," and Robert Nurick, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "The Hard Cases: Eliminating Civilian HEU in Ukraine and Belarus," with commentary by Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 1111 19th St., N.W., 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP by email. |
| July 22 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Kevin Chilton, U.S. Strategic Command, "Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, and Defense Policy." Sponsored by the National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3582. |
| July 23 |
Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill, and of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill, which includes the nonproliferation programs of the State Department. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 23 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Keith Payne, National Institute of Public Policy, "On Deterrence and Damage Limitation: U.S. Gambling from the Cold War to the 21st Century." Sponsored by the National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3582. |
| July 24 |
Noon, Dennis Gormley, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, book launch of Missile Contagion: Cruise Missile Proliferation and the Threat to International Security. At the Stimson Center, 12th Floor Conference Room, 1111 19th St., N.W., Washington. RSVP by email. |
| July 28 |
National Nuclear Security Administration reports to Congress on using existing pits for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program. (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 3121) |
| July 28-Sept. 12 |
Conference on Disarmament third session of 2008. Geneva |
| July 31 |
Time TBA, Deepti Choubey, Carnegie Endowment, topic TBA. Sponsored by the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security, Los Alamos United Church, 2525 Canyon Rd., Los Alamos, NM |
| July |
Senate floor votes on the nominations of Joseph Benkert to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs, and Frederick Celec to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (estimate). |
| July |
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama visits France, Germany, Great Britain, Jordan, and Israel. |
| July |
Defense and Energy Departments release a public version of a white paper on the administration's nuclear weapons policy, entitled "National Security and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century." (possible) (A classified version of the report has already been submitted to Congress.)
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| July |
National Academy of Sciences, interim report on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (possible) (Public Law 109-364, Sec. 3116). |
| July or Sept. |
House Foreign Affairs Committee, markup of H.Con.Res. 362, concerning new sanctions on Iran (possible). 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| Aug. 2- Sept. 7 |
House of Representatives August recess |
| Aug. 4 |
Secretary of Defense Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management, chaired by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, submits an interim, classified report to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on organizational, procedural, or policy improvements needed by the Air Force to control U.S. nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles. |
| Aug 5-6 |
President Bush meets with South Korean leaders. Seoul, South Korea. North Korea's nuclear program is on the agenda. |
| Aug. 6 |
6:00-9:00 a.m., Michigan Stop The Bombs Campaign, "Names and Remembrance Ceremony." Y12 National Nuclear Security Complex, Bear Creek and Scarboro Road, Oak Ridge, TN |
| Aug. 6 |
Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Events are listed on the Nuclear Free Future website. |
| Aug. 9 |
8:15 p.m., Michigan Stop The Bombs Campaign, "Peace Lantern Ceremony." Sequoyah Hills Park, West End, Cherokee Blvd. (off Kingston Pike), Knoxville, TN |
| Aug. 9 |
Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. Events are listed on the Nuclear Free Future website. |
| Aug. 9-Sept. 7 |
Senate August recess |
| Aug. 10 |
United States ends its designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. |
| Aug. 14-17 |
Think Outside the Bomb national conference. Boston |
| Aug. 18-20 |
Biological Weapons Convention, meeting of experts. Geneva |
| Aug. 25-28 |
Democratic national convention. Denver |
| Aug. 27-29 |
UN Conference on Disarmament Issues. Saitama, Japan |
| Sept. 1 |
Labor Day (holiday) |
| Sept. 1 |
President submits reports to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and related equipment, and the quantities of strategic special nuclear material outside the U.S. (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 3134) |
| Sept. 1-4 |
Republican national convention. St. Paul, MN
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| Sept. 11 |
Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
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| Sept. 13 |
7:00-8:30 p.m., Miyako Yano and Junko Kayashige, two Hibakusha from Japan, keynote speakers at the Peace and Justice Studies Association annual conference, Portland State University, Portland, OR |
| Sept. 22 |
President Bush addresses the UN General Assembly (estimate). New York. Webcast on the UN website, and probably broadcast on CNN. |
| Sept. 22-26 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Sept. 26 |
Congress adjourns (tentative) |
| Sept. 26 |
9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, presidential debate. University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Domestic policy focus) |
| Sept. 29 |
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. |
| Sept. 29-Oct. 4 |
International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria |
| Sept. |
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, public meeting (estimate). At the U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th St., N.W., Washington |
| Sept. or Oct. |
House-Senate conference committee completes the defense authorization bill, H.R. 5658 and S. 3001, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (possible). |
| Sept. of Oct. |
Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting (possible). Hungary. Exemptions for India's nuclear program may be on the agenda. |
| Oct. 1 |
Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 2 |
9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, vice presidential debate. Washington University, St. Louis |
| Oct. 3 |
Secretary of Defense Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management, chaired by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, submits a final, classified and unclassified report to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on changes in the management nuclear weapons and related materials and systems needed by the Defense Department. |
| Oct. 6 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Oct. 6-Nov. 4 |
UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations, New York
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| Oct. 7 |
9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, presidential debate. Belmont University, Nashville, TN (Town meeting format that will include any issue.) |
| Oct. 8 |
Yom Kippur begins at sundown.
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| Oct. 10 |
Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway
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| Oct. 13 |
Columbus Day (federal holiday) |
| Oct. 13-Nov. 13. |
Metropolitan Opera, Doctor Atomic, an opera by John Adams and Peter Sellars. 150 W. 65th St., New York |
| Oct. 15 |
9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, presidential debate. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY (Foreign policy focus) |
| Oct. 24 |
United Nations Day
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| Oct. 27-29 |
Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security and Arab Institute for Security Studies, "Confronting Biological Threats: Biosecurity, Biological Weapons Nonproliferation, and Regional Cooperative Mechanisms." Amman, Jordan. For information, contact the Arab Institute for Security Studies by email. |
| Oct. |
Iran begins operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. |
| Oct. or Nov. |
National Academy of Sciences, final report on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (Public Law 109-364, Sec. 3116) |
| Fall |
Missile Defense Agency conducts a ground-based missile defense test, FTG-05 (tentative). Kodiak Launch Complex, AK and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA |
| Fall |
National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences issue a report on the Internationalization of the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle. |
| Nov. 4 |
Election Day |
| Nov. 11 |
Veterans Day (federal holiday) |
| Nov. 12 |
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, chaired by former Sen. Bob Graham, issues its report to Congress and the President (Public Law 110-53, Sec. 1851 et seq.). |
| Nov. 13-16 |
Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Georgetown University Conference Hotel, 3800 Reservoir Rd., N.W., Washington |
| Nov. 19-20 |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Lima, Peru. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to attend. |
| Nov. 20 |
25th anniversary of the ABC television movie The Day After, which portrayed a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| Nov. 22 |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Lima, Peru. President Bush is expected to attend. |
| Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving (holiday) |
| Nov. 27-28 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Mid-Nov. |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final SPEIS (Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for "Complex Transformation," the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex (estimate). (NNSA states that the final SPEIS will be completed in Aug., but that is unlikely.) |
| Dec. 1 |
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States reports to Congress (Public Law l110-181, Sec. 1062) (An interim report is likely to be released on Dec. 1, with the final report issued on April 1, 2009.) |
| Dec. 1-5 |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva |
| Dec. 5 |
U.S. and Russian due date on the decision to extend the START nuclear arms reduction treaty. (The treaty expires Dec. 5, 2009.)
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| Dec. 21 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown. |
| Dec. 25 |
Christmas (holiday) |
| Mid-Dec. |
National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decision on the SPEIS (Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) for "Complex Transformation," the proposed plan to modernize the nuclear weapons complex (estimate). (NNSA states that the record of decision will be completed in Sept., but that is unlikely.) |
| 2009 |
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| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday) |
| Jan. 5 |
Congress convenes (estimate). |
| Jan. 19 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday) |
| Jan. 20 |
Inauguration Day (federal holiday in Washington) |
| Feb. 2 |
President submits the federal budget to Congress. |
| Feb. 16 |
President's Day (federal holiday)
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| March 2-6 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
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| March 13-16 |
Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, VA (March 13-15) and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., N.E., Washington (March 16) |
| March 15 |
President reports to Congress on Russian proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile items to Iran and to other countries of proliferation concern (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note).
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| March 20 |
Sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. (Air strikes began on March 19.) |
| March |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory completes the National Ignition Facility. Livermore, CA
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| April 1 |
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States reports to Congress (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1062) (The report was due Dec. 1, 2008, but the formation of the Commission was delayed.) |
| April 6-7 |
Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington |
| April 8 |
Passover begins at sundown |
| April 10 |
Good Friday |
| April 12 |
Easter |
| Spring |
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History opens. Albuquerque, NM |
| May 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). (The 2008 report is posted on a Defense Department website.) |
| May 4-15 |
PrepCom for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2010. United Nations, New York |
| May 20 |
President reports to Congress on nonproliferation and threat reduction objectives (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2357g) |
| May 25 |
Memorial Day (holiday)
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| May or earlier |
Indian general elections |
| June 11 |
British general elections (estimate)
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| June |
Iranian presidential election
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| June or July |
G8 summit. La Maddalena, Italy
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| July 3 |
Independence Day observed (holiday)
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| July 4 |
Independence Day
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| July 16 |
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM |
| Sept. 7-11 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Sept. 14-18 |
International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria. The successor to general director Mohammed ElBaradei will be presented for approval.
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| Sept. 22 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Nov. 26-27 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| Dec. 1 |
Energy Department submits a classified report to Congress on the U.S. current and projected: (1) the number of nuclear weapons of each type in the active and reserve stockpiles (2) the strategic rationale for each type, and (3) the past and projected future total direct lifecycle cost of each type. (FY09 House Energy and Water Appropriations Report, p. 124.) |
| Dec. 1 |
Successor to current International Atomic Energy Agency director general Mohammed ElBaradei takes office. |
| Dec. 5 |
START nuclear arms reduction treaty expires. |
| 2010 |
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| Feb. 1 |
President submits the federal budget to Congress. |
| Feb. 1 |
Defense Department submits the Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118) |
| Feb. 1 |
Defense Department, in consultation with the Energy and State Departments, submits a U.S. nuclear posture review to Congress. (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070) |
| April 26-May 21 |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations, New York |
