| May 19 |
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Eurasia Center, "U.S.-Russia World Forum," with Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Missile Defense Agency, and 16 other speakers. 902 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. RSVP online. (Other events are on May 20 at George Washington University and at the Russian Cultural Center.) |
| May 19-23 |
Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Berlin |
| Week of May 19 or 26 |
Government Accountability Office reports on the Energy Department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. |
| May 20 |
11:00 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Defense Department's FY09 budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Michael Mullen. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on OpenHearings.org; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| May 20 |
12:15-1:45 p.m., Janne Nolan, University of Pittsburgh, "Posturing about the Future of Nuclear Weapons: Predictions for the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review." New America Foundation, 1630 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Seventh Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| May 20-? |
Senate floor action of the war supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 2642 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| May 20 |
Kentucky and Oregon presidential primaries |
| May 21 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Charles Curtis, Nuclear Threat Initiative, "The Right Way to Stop Nuclear Terrorism." 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. |
| May 21 |
10:00-11:30 a.m., Stanley Roth, Boeing Company; David Trudil, New Horizons Diagnostic Corporation; Randi Levinas, U.S.-Russia Business Council; and Anne Phillips [invited], Energy Department. "Manufacturing Possibility: Leveraging Resources to Meet Global Challenges, Promote Economic Development, and Prevent Proliferation." Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., N.W., 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP by May 16 by email. |
| May 21 |
House floor action on the budget resolution conference report, S.Con.Res. 70. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| May 21-22 |
House floor action on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 5658, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| May 21 or 22 |
Senate floor action on the budget resolution conference report, S.Con.Res. 70. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| May 22 |
2:00-3:00 p.m., Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Carnegie Endowment, "Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and Nuclear Waste Reprocessing," with Frank von Hippel, Princeton University; Allison MacFarlane, George Mason University; and Leonor Tomero, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington. RSVP by May 21 by email. |
| May 22 or 23 |
Senate floor vote on the nomination of Mark Kimmitt to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| May 23-June 2 |
House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (Senate recess is May 24-June 1.) |
| May 24 |
Secretaries of the Air Force and Navy complete an emergency inventory of U.S. nuclear weapons and related materials, and Adm. Kirkland Donald completes an investigation on the delivery to Taiwan of four fuses used in nuclear warheads. |
| May 26 |
Memorial Day (holiday) |
| May 27 |
Energy Department submits plans to Congress on strengthening and expanding the International Radiological Threat Reduction program and the Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting program (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 3127 and Sec. 3128). |
| May 28 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Tom Deppe, Air Force Space Command, "USAF Strategic and Space Issues." 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. |
| May 28 |
Congress Party of India and Left parties meet again to discuss the proposed U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement. New Delhi |
| May 28-29 |
State Department, Proliferation Security Initiative Fifth-Year Anniversary Conference. Washington |
| May 30 |
7:30 p.m., Green Quad, University of South Carolina, "The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: 'Recycling' Nuclear Waste and What It Means to South Carolina," with four speakers. University of South Carolina, Green Quad Learning Center, 1216 Wheat St. Building D, Columbia, SC |
| May 31 |
Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee meets to decide the status of presidential delegates from Florida and Michigan. Washington |
| Late May or June |
State Department's International Security Advisory Board reports on "Proliferation Implications of the Global Expansion of Civil Nuclear Power." |
| June 1 |
Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary |
| June 2-6 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria |
| June 3 |
Montana Democratic and South Dakota presidential primaries |
| June 4 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Elena Rodriguez-Vieitez, Stanford University, "Safeguarding Uranium Enrichment Facilities." Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA |
| June 10 |
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Campaign for a New American Policy on Iran, National Call-in Day for Diplomacy with Iran. For information, contact Carah Ong by email. |
| June 11 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), "U.S. Senate Outlook on Nuclear Issues." 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. |
| June 11 |
9:00-9:15 a.m., William Perry, former Defense Secretary, and Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State, opening remarks at "Pivot Point: New Directions for American Security" conference. Sponsored by the Center for a New American Security. Willard InterContinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Register online.
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| June 11 |
9:15-10:30 a.m., Center for a New American Security, "A New U.S. Grand Strategy," with six speakers. Part of "Pivot Point: New Directions for American Security" conference. Sponsored by the Center for a New American Security. Willard InterContinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Register online. |
| June 11 |
Noon-1:30 p.m., Jungmin Kang, Stanford University, "Cooperative Threat Reduction in North Korea: The Role of South Korea." Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA |
| June 11 |
1:15-2:15 p.m., Center for a New American Security, "Iran: U.S. Strategic Options," with four speakers. Part of "Pivot Point: New Directions for American Security" conference. Sponsored by the Center for a New American Security. Willard InterContinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. Register online. |
| June 12 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Kevin Campbell, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Missile Defense 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. |
| June 13 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, formerly with the Israeli Defense Ministry, "Iranian Ballistic Missile Threats." 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. |
| June 16 |
9:30-11:30 a.m., Sharon Squassoni, Carnegie Endowment; Norm Wulf, former head of the U.S. delegation to the 2000 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference; and Andrew Semmel, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations, "Addressing the Challenges Facing the NPT." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP by June 9 online. |
| June 16 |
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Amb. Sergio Duarte, president of the 2005 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, "Making the 2010 NPT Review Conference a Success." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP by June 9 online. |
| June 16 |
1:00-2:30 p.m., representatives of the Clinton, McCain, and Obama campaigns, "How the Next President Can Strengthen the Nonproliferation System." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP by June 9 online. |
| June 16-18 |
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting, co-chaired by Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and a Russian official. Madrid, Spain |
| June 17-18 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Fuel Cycle Information Exchange 2008." 11555 Rockville Pike, Auditorium, Rockville, MD |
| June 20 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Missile Defense Agency, "Congressional Issues Facing MDA for FY 2009." 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. |
| June 23 |
President submits classified and unclassified reports to Congress, "Comprehensive Nuclear Threat Reduction and Security Plan," a plan to ensure that nuclear weapons and weapons-usable material around the world are secure by 2012. (Public Law 110-161, Sec. 699M) |
| June 24 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Robert Soofer and Richard Fieldhouse, Senate Armed Services Committee, "Senate Perspectives on Missile Defense." 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. |
| June 25 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., John Foster, former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory director, "U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure: Plans and Policies." 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. |
| June 26 |
Energy Department submits to Congress a program plan for "Advanced Certification," the program created to address JASON stockpile certification concerns. (H.R. 2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, Joint Explanatory Statement, Congressional Record, Dec. 17, 2007, p. H15930) |
| June 27 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., former Gen. Larry Welch, "ICBM Contributions to Nuclear 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. |
| June 27 |
Conference on Disarmament second session of 2008 ends. Geneva |
| June 28-July 7 |
House and Senate Independence Day recess. (Senate recess is through July 6.) |
| June 30 |
Peace and Security Initiative community-wide meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington |
| June |
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department |
| June |
House floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate) |
| June |
Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 3001, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department |
| June |
Government Accountability Office reports on the capacity to manufacture plutonium "pits" for nuclear warheads at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. |
| June |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs an agreement with Czech officials on the proposed U.S. radar station that would be part of the missile defense system. Prague, Czech Republic |
| June |
Secretaries of Defense and Energy 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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| June |
Energy Department submits an application for the Yucca Mountain, NV nuclear waste repository to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (possible). |
| June |
National Academy of Sciences, interim report on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile (Public Law 109-364, Sec. 3116). |
| June |
Six-party talks resume on North Korea's nuclear program (possible). Beijing |
| June |
Russia closes the second plutonium production reactor at Seversk.
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| June or July |
President Bush submits a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement to Congress for approval (possible). |
| June or July |
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 (estimate) |
| July 1 |
40th anniversary of the signing of the by the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| July 4 |
Independence Day (holiday) |
| July 7-9 |
G8 summit. Toyako, Japan |
| July 9 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Jackie Davis, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, "Iran, Middle East, and Russian 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 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 10-13 |
Green Party national convention. Chicago |
| 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 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 |
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 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 lobby day. Trinity University, 125 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington (July 18-20) and Capitol Hill (July 21) |
| 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 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 |
| Aug. 2- Sept. 7 |
House of Representatives August recess |
| Aug. 4-6 |
UN Conference on Disarmament Issues. Location TBA, Japan |
| Aug. 6 |
Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing |
| Aug. 9 |
Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing |
| Aug. 9-Sept. 7 |
Senate August recess |
| Aug. 25-28 |
Democratic national convention. Denver |
| Sept. 1 |
Labor Day (holiday) |
| Sept. 1 |
President submits reports to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and related equipment and formula 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. 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. 3 |
International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria |
| Oct. 1 |
Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 2 |
9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, vice presidential debate. Washington University, St. Louis |
| 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. 22 |
Iran begins test operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant (tentative). |
| 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. or Nov. |
Missile Defense Agency conducts a ground-based missile defense test, FTG-4 (possible). Kodiak Launch Complex, AK and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA |
| 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 |
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, Washington
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| Nov. 19-20 |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to attend. Lima, Peru |
| 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. President Bush is expected to attend. Lima, Peru |
| 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). |
| Dec. 1-5 |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva |
| Dec. 5 |
U.S. and Russian due date on the decision to extend the START I 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.) |
| Dec. |
International Atomic Energy Agency, International Conference on Nuclear Security: Global Directions for the Future. Vienna, Austria |
| 2009 |
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| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday) |
| Jan. 5 or 6 |
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 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 5-7 |
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 4-15 |
PrepCom for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2010. United Nations, New York |
| May 25 |
Memorial Day (holiday)
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| May (or earlier) |
Indian general elections |
| Dec. 5 |
START I 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 |
