| June 27-July 6 |
House and Senate Independence Day recess. |
| Week of June 29 |
Amb. Philip Goldberg leads an interagency delegation to China and other countries on implementing U.N. sanctions on North Korea. |
| July 3 |
Independence Day observed (holiday).
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| July 4 |
Independence Day.
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| July 4-8 |
North Korea tests a third Taepodong-2 (Unha) missile (possible). Dongchang-ri (Tongchang-ri), Cholsan-gun, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. |
| July 5-16 |
Interfaith Peace Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future, walk from Los Alamos, NM to the Trinity Site, NM, site of the first nuclear test, with Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist monks. For information, call (505) 242-0497. |
| July 6-8 |
President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Moscow. Discussion of a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty is on the agenda. |
| July 7 |
Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 8 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates: Review of the Proposed U.S.-UAE Agreement," with Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. |
| July 8 |
12:30 p.m., Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, luncheon address. National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington. |
| July 8-10 |
President Obama attends the G8 summit. La Maddalena, Italy.
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| July 9 |
10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing on "The Export Administration Act: A Review of Outstanding Policy Considerations," with former Michigan Gov. John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers; Arthur Shulman, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control; and Owen Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 9 |
6:45-8:00 p.m., Christopher Nelson, Nelson Report, "North Korea Policy:
The Contradictions Set In." Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| July 9-10 |
Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1033, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| July 9-10 |
House floor action on the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| July 10 |
President Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI. Vatican City. |
| July 13 |
Time TBA, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed). |
| July 14 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, U.S. Air Force Space Command, "Deterrence, Space, Homeland Defense, Cyber: New Security Challenges." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, July 13 to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3726. |
| July 14 |
Noon, Cato Institute, "Engaging China to Solve the
North Korea Problem," with five speakers. Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Video webcast on the Cato Institute website. |
| July 15-16 |
House floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| July 16 |
9:00-11:00 a.m., Lewis Dunn, Science Applications International Corporation, and Jeffrey Fields, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, "Assessing the Effectiveness and Viability of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime." Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 1111 19th St., 12th Floor, Washington. RSVP to Deborah Berman by email or at (202) 842-3100, ext. 309. |
| July 16 |
9:30-11:30 a.m., Center for International Trade and Security, round table discussion with Philippine government delegation on export control and nonproliferation. At McKenna, Long, and Aldridge LLP, 1900 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP to Caitlin Taber by email or at (202) 828-8558. |
| July 16 |
10:00 a.m.-noon, Connect U.S. Fund, "Nuclear Terrorism: A Briefing on Public Opinion and Messaging" (tentative). 1120 19th St., NW, Eighth Floor, Washington. |
| July 16 |
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM. |
| July 20 |
12:30-2:00 p.m., Lawrence Wittner, State University of New York at Albany, and David Patterson, former chief editor of the Foreign Relations of the United States series, book discussion of Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement." Wilson Center, Fifth Floor Conference Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington. RSVP online. Video webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| July 20 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Indian officials. New Delhi. Implementation of the U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation agreement is on the agenda. |
| July 21 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Seeking the High Road on Nuclear Strategy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, July 20 to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3726. |
| July 21 |
Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| July 23 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the ASEAN Regional Forum. Phuket, Thailand. |
| July 23 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and foreign ministers of China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea meet to discuss North Korea (possible; date is an estimate). Phuket, Thailand. |
| Between July 26 and Aug. 19 |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sworn in as Iranian president before the parliament. Tehran, Iran. May be webcast on Press TV. |
| July 27 |
Nations report to the U.N. Security Council on compliance with the new North Korean sanctions (U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874 (2009), paragraph 22). |
| Week of July 27 |
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss strategic issues. Washington. |
| July 29-30 |
U.S. Strategic Command, "Deterrence Symposium," with 27 speakers. Qwest Center, 455 N. 10th St., Omaha, NE (closed). |
| July 30 |
House floor action on the defense appropriations bill. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN. |
| July 31 |
8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Roger Burg, Commander, 20th Air Force, "Minuteman Role in Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA seminar series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP by noon, July 30 to Elma Rhue by email or at (202) 685-3726. |
| 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. Location TBA, Washington. May be video webcast on OpenHearings.org and may be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| July |
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. Location TBA, Washington. May be video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| July |
Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Michael Gilmore to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department (estimate). Location TBA, Washington. May be video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org; and audio only on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| July |
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be ambassador to China (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July |
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, markup of the foreign relations authorization bill (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| July |
Missile Defense Agency conducts a ground-based missile defense test, FTG-05B (tentative). Kodiak Launch Complex, AK, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. |
| July |
North Korea conducts a third nuclear test (possible). Punggye-ri, Kilchu-gun, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. |
| July |
North Korea tests a fourth Taepodong-2 (Unha) missile (possible). Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground, Musudan-ri, Hwadae-gun, North Hamgyong, North Korea. |
| July or week of Aug. 3 |
Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). Location TBA, Washington. May be video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| July or week of Aug. 3 |
Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the State and foreign operations appropriations bill (estimate). Location TBA, Washington. May be video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| July, week of Aug. 3, or Sept. |
Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| July, week of Aug. 3, or Sept. |
Senate floor action on the State and foreign operations appropriations bill. Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Aug. 1 |
Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress a report on the acquisition by foreign countries of technology for the development or production of weapons of mass destruction (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2366). Previous reports are posted on the National Counterproliferation Center website. |
| Aug. 3 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2009 begins. Geneva. |
| Week of Aug. 3 |
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Location TBA, Washington (closed). |
| Week of Aug. 3 |
Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Location TBA, Washington. May be video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio only on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| Aug. 6 |
Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 6-7 |
Project on Nuclear Issues 2009 Summer Conference. University of California, San Diego, CA |
| Aug. 7 |
Defense and Energy Departments submit a preliminary report to the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council on transferring the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Defense Department. |
| Aug. 7 |
U.S. Air Force activates the Global Strike Command Center for nuclear missiles and bombers. Barksdale Air Force Base, LA. |
| Aug. 8-Sept. 7 |
Senate August recess. |
| Aug. 9 |
Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. |
| Aug. 13-16 |
Think Outside the Bomb national conference. Albuquerque, NM. |
| Aug. 21 |
First day of Ramadan. |
| Aug. 24-28 |
Biological Weapons Convention, meeting of experts. Geneva. |
| Aug. 26-28 |
U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues. Niigata, Japan. |
| Aug. or Sept. |
Japanese general elections. |
| Sept. 1 |
President Obama releases an unclassified, executive summary of a Global Nuclear Security report to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 3134). |
| Sept. 1 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on a review of nonnuclear prompt global strike concepts (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 257). |
| Sept. 7 |
Labor Day (holiday). |
| Sept. 7-11 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Sept. 9-11 |
Annual U.N. Department of Public Information/NGO Conference, "For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!" Mexico City. |
| Sept. 11 |
Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
| Sept. 14 |
Federal agencies submit their initial budget submissions for fiscal year 2011 to the Office of Management and Budget. (Final budgets are submitted to Congress on Feb. 1.) |
| Sept. 14-18 |
International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. |
| Sept. 18 |
Conference on Disarmament third and final session for 2009 ends. Geneva. |
| Sept. 18 |
Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 20. |
| Sept. 18-20 |
House and Senate Rosh Hashanah recess. |
| Sept. 19 |
Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, begins at sundown. |
| Sept. 21 |
International Day of Peace. |
| Sept. 22 |
~10:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Broadcast on CNN and video webcast on the U.N. website. |
| Sept. 22 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Sept. 23-25 |
Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations. Portions may be video webcast on the United Nations website. |
| Sept. 24-25 |
President Obama attends the G-20 economic summit. Pittsburgh. |
| Sept. 26-28 |
House and Senate Yom Kippur recess. |
| Sept. 27 |
German Federal Assembly, or Bundestag, election. |
| Sept. 27 |
Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 28. |
| Sept. 30 |
Defense and Energy Departments submit a final report to the Office of Management and Budget and the National Security Council on transferring the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Defense Department. |
| Sept. |
House Appropriations Committee, markup of a second war supplemental appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website. |
| Sept. |
Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of a second war supplemental appropriations bill. Location TBA, Washington. May be video webcast on OpenHearings.org and audio only on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location. |
| Sept. |
Senate floor action on the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Sept. |
Special election to replace former Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA-10), who resigned to become Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (estimate). |
| Sept. |
U.S. Air Force begins initial operating capability of the Global Strike Command Center for nuclear missiles and bombers. Barksdale Air Force Base, LA. |
| Fall |
Special election to replace Rep. John McHugh (NY-23), who is expected to be confirmed as Army Secretary (estimate). |
| Oct. 1 |
Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 1 |
National Nuclear Security Administration administrator reports to Congress on a review of the Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 3116). |
| Oct. 2-Jan. 2 |
World March for Peace and Nonviolence. New Zealand to Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina. |
| Oct. 4-6 |
Women's Action for New Directions national conference. L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington. |
| Oct. 5-Nov. 3 |
U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. |
| Oct. 9 |
11:00 a.m. CEST (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
| Oct. 9-10 |
Czech Republic general elections. The proposed U.S. missile defense radar base will be an issue. |
| Oct. 10 |
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, international meeting on the 2010 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. Mary Ward House, 5-7 Tavistock Place, London. Registration form online. |
| Oct. 12 |
Columbus Day (federal holiday).
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| Oct. 14 |
President Obama reports to Congress on the inventory of the nuclear arsenals of all countries, an assessment of their risks, and recommendations for improving security and safeguards (Public Law 100-417, Sec. 1044). |
| Oct. 14 |
Director of National Intelligence reports to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1234). |
| Oct. 18 |
10th anniversary of the Senate defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. |
| Oct. 18-19 |
International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, fourth meeting (closed). Hiroshima, Japan. |
| Oct. 24 |
United Nations Day. |
| Oct. 27-30 |
Proliferation Security Initiative exercise "Deep Sabre II," a multinational maritime interdiction exercise. Changi Naval Base, Singapore and South China Sea. |
| Oct. 30 |
Congress adjourns (tentative). |
| Mid-Oct. |
U.S.-United Arab Emirates nuclear cooperation agreement, due date for Congressional disapproval. |
| Oct. |
Senate floor action on the foreign relations authorization bill (estimate). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Oct. |
Proliferation Security Initiative exercise "Leading Edge," hosted by the United States. Persian Gulf. |
| Nov. 6-8 |
Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament, "Reaching Nuclear Disarmament: The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening the NPT." Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Nov. 9 |
20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| Nov. 11 |
Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
| Nov. 11-12 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Singapore. |
| Nov. 12-15 |
Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 14-15 |
President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Singapore. |
| Nov. 14-18 |
International Peace Bureau annual conference, "Rolling Back Militarism: A Task for the Global Movement." Location TBA, Washington. For information, contact Kevin Martin by email. |
| Nov. 26 |
Thanksgiving (holiday). |
| Nov. 26-27 |
International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 4 |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Nov. |
President Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Beijing. |
| Nov. |
South Korean-U.N. Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Issues. Jeju Island, South Korea. |
| Nov. |
NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. |
| Dec. 1 |
Energy Department submits a classified report to Congress on the current and projected (1) number of nuclear weapons of each type in the active and reserve stockpiles, (2) strategic rationale for each type, and (3) past and projected future total direct lifecycle cost of each type (House Report 110-921, p. 125). |
| Dec. 1 |
New International Atomic Energy Agency director-general takes office. Vienna, Austria.
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| Dec. 5 |
START nuclear arms reduction treaty expires. |
| Dec. 7-11 |
Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva.
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| Dec. 11 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 19.
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| Dec. 25 |
Christmas (holiday).
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| Dec. |
Defense Department submits to Congress the Quadrennial Defense Review (10 U.S. Code Sec. 118). |
| Dec. |
Defense Department, in consultation with the Energy and State Departments, submits to Congress the Nuclear Posture Review (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070). |
| Dec. or Jan. |
International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, chaired by former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, issues its report. Location TBA. |
| TBA |
Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant begins operations. |
| 2010 |
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| Jan. 1 |
New Year's Day (holiday).
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| Jan. 1 |
Beginning of the Fourth Disarmament Decade (U.N. General Assembly Resolution A/RES/61/67). |
| Week of Jan. 25 |
President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress (estimate). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on other networks. |
| Jan. 31 |
Defense Department reports to Congress on U.S. ballistic missile defense policy and strategy (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 234). (May be included in the Quadrennial Defense Review in Dec. 2009.) |
| Jan., Feb., or March |
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearings on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Treaty Doc. 105-28 (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| Jan., Feb., or March |
President Obama hosts an international Summit on Nuclear Security. Washington. |
| Feb. 1 |
President Obama submits the federal budget to Congress. |
| Feb. |
Global Zero World Summit. Location TBA. |
| Feb. or March |
Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Treaty Doc. 105-28 (estimate). Location TBA, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and on OpenHearings.org; audio only on CapitolHearings.org. |
| March 5 |
40th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entering into force. |
| March 19-22 |
Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Hotel Crystal City-National Airport, Arlington, VA (March 19-21), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 22). |
| April 26-May 21 |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations. |
| April or May |
Senate floor action on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Treaty Doc. 105-28 (possible). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| May 1 |
United for Peace & Justice, International Peace Conference. New York. |
| May 2 |
United for Peace & Justice, International Action Day for a Nuclear Free World, demonstration and rally. New York. |
| June 25-27 |
G8 summit. Huntsville, ON, Canada. An update of the G8 Global Partnership Against the Proliferation of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction is on the agenda. |
