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March 20, 2010

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March 9-?	Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Foreign Ministry's Security and Disarmament Department director Anatoly Antonov hold a 10th round of negotiations on a strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty. Geneva.
Week of March 15 or 22	State Department issues an interim Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (estimate).
March 19-22	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (March 19-21), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (March 22).
March 20	4:50-6:20 p.m., David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation; Dave Robinson, Pax Christi USA; and Kevin Martin, Peace Action, "Nuclear Weapons Free World." Part of Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Commonwealth Room, Arlington, VA.
March 20	Norooz.
March 21-22	Friends Committee on National Legislation spring lobby weekend. Friends Committee on National Legislation, 245 Second St., NE, Washington. For information, contact Matt Southworth by email or at (202) 547-6000, ext. 2501.
March 21-23	American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, Washington. Registration online.
March 22	2:30 p.m.,Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, dedicate the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility. Oak Ridge, TN.
March 23	6:00-7:00 p.m., Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala, U.S. Institute of Peace, "Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones: Affirmative Action by Non-Nuclear Weapon States in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 213, Washington. RSVP online.
March 24	Noon-1:30 p.m., Miles Pomper, Seong Won Park, and Lawrence Scheinman, Monterey Institute, "The Domestic and International Politics of Spent Nuclear Fuel in South Korea: Are We Approaching Meltdown?" Korea Economic Institute, 1800 K St., NW, Suite 1010, Washington. RSVP online.
March 24	9:30 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Defense Department budget, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Join Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen; and Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
March 24	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the U.S. Strategic Command budget, with Gen. Kevin Chilton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, and with other Commanders covering other budgets. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 24	2:00 p.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department budget, with Energy Secretary Steven Chu. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
March 25	1:00-5:00 p.m., Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future meeting. Willard Intercontinental, Washington.
March 25	1:30 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Energy Department's budget for for atomic energy defense activities, with Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, and other witnesses. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website.
March 25	Noon, David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation, "The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and START Follow-on Agreement." Sponsored by the Louisville Committee on Foreign Relations. Vincenzo’s Restaurant, 150 S. Fifth St., Louisville, KY.
March 25	Noon-2:00 p.m., Benoit Pelopidas, Monterey Institute, "Comparative Analysis of Extended Deterrence as Nonproliferation Tool." Monterey Institute, CNS Seminar Room (D-100), 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA.
March 25-30	North Korean leader Kim Jong Il meets with Chinese officials (possible). Beijing.
March 26	8:30 a.m.-noon, Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future meeting. Willard Intercontinental, Washington.
March 26	7:00 p.m., Bishop Gerald Kicanas; Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University; and John Steinbruner, University of Maryland, "Unreasonable Danger: Revisiting the Moral Implications of Nuclear Weapons." St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, University of Arizona, 1615 E. Second St., Tucson, AZ.
March 26	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2010 ends. Geneva.
March 27-April 12	House and Senate spring recess. (Senate recess is through April 11.)
March 28	1:00-4:30 p.m., Granny Peace Brigade Forum, "The U.S. and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons" Riverside Church, Assembly Hall, 490 Riverside Dr., New York.
March 29	9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum, "Path Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons: The Euro-Atlantic Challenge." Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. RSVP online.
March 29-30	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the G-8 foreign ministers meeting. Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. New U.N. Security Council sanctions on Iran will be on the agenda. The START follow-on agreement may be discussed on the sidelines.
March 29	5:00-7:00 p.m., Jim Walsh, MIT, "Iran, the Bomb, and What I Learned from Four Dinners with Ahmedinejad." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 505, Washington. RSVP online.
March 29	Passover begins at sundown. Through April 6.
March 29-April 16	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations.
March 31	Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
March 31	3:00-5:00 p.m., Amb. Susan Burk, U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation; Deepti Choubey, Carnegie Endowment; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "Toward a Successful NPT Review Conference." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March	Kim Kye Gwan, North Korean Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, visits San Francisco and New York (possible).
March or April	Senate Armed Services Committee, vote on the nomination of Donald Cook to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Location TBA, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website, and may be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on room location.
March or April	Senate floor votes on the nominations of Philip Coyle to be Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Andrew Weber to be Assistant to the Defense Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs (possible).
March or April	Director of National Intelligence completes a National Intelligence Estimate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
March or April	Director of National Intelligence completes an update on the National Intelligence Estimate of Iran's nuclear program (classified).
March or April	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Technical Issues Related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Spring	Missile Defense Agency conducts a flight test of the Airborne Laser System. Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range, CA.
April 1	10:00 a.m.-noon, Alexei Arbatov, Carnegie Moscow Center, and George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment, "U.S.-Russian Security Relations." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
April 2	Good Friday.
April 4	Easter.
April 5	12:30 p.m., Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Military and Medical Perspectives on the Current Nuclear Threat." Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Maine Chapter, and USM Political Science Department. University of Southern Maine, Wishcamper Center, Room 133, Portland, ME.
April 5	3:30 p.m., Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Military and Medical Perspectives on the Current Nuclear Threat." Bates College, Chase Hall Lounge, Lewiston, ME.
April 5	7:30 p.m., Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Military and Medical Perspectives on the Current Nuclear Threat." Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Maine Chapter, and the League of Women Voters of the Brunswick Area. At Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, ME.
April 5	Anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
Week of April 5 or 12	President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign a START follow-on agreement (possible). Location TBA..
Week of April 5 or 12	Defense Department, in consultation with the Energy and State Departments, submits to Congress the Nuclear Posture Review (Public Law 110-181, Sec. 1070).
April 6	Noon, Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Military and Medical Perspectives on the Current Nuclear Threat." Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Maine Chapter, and the Mid-Maine Global Forum. At The Center, 93 Main St., Waterville, ME.
April 6	Noon-2:00 p.m., Matthew Bunn, Harvard University; Kenneth Luongo, Partnership for Global Security; Alexandra Toma, Connect U.S. Fund; and Libby Turpen, Booz Allen Hamilton, Nuclear Security Pre-Summit Press Briefing. Sponsored by the Fissile Materials Working Group. National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor, Washington. RSVP to Sean Harder by email or at (563) 264-6880.
April 6	3:00 p.m., Col. Richard Klass (retired), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and Dr. Ira Helfand, Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Military and Medical Perspectives on the Current Nuclear Threat." Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Maine Chapter, and the UM School of Policy and International Affairs. University of Maine, Little Hall, Room 120, Orono, ME.
April 6	Florida special election to replace former Rep. Robert Wexler (FL-19).
April 8	9:00-11:00 a.m., Gregory Koblentz, George Mason University; Jens Kuhn, Fort Detrick; and Lynn Klotz, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, "Discussion of Three New Books on Biological Weapons Science and Policy." Sponsored by the Monterey Institute and George Washington University, At the Stimson Center, 1111 19th St., NW, 12th Floor Conference Room, Washington. RSVP to Kirk Bansak by email.
April 8-9	Center for Strategic and International Studies, Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) Spring Conference. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington.
April 8-29	Walk for Nuclear Disarmament. Washington to New York.
April 9	National Day of Nuclear Technology. Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will announce the kind of centrifuges to be used at the new sites for nuclear enrichment plants. Tehran.
April 12	8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Fissile Material Working Group, Next Generation Nuclear Security: Meeting the Global Challenge. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington.
April 12	Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 1234).
April 12-13	President Obama hosts a Nuclear Security Summit. Washington Convention Center, Washington (closed).
Week of April 12 or 19	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution (estimate). 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website.
Week of April 12 or 19	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution (estimate). 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
April 13	Time TBA, Fissile Materials Working Group, Nuclear Security Post-Summit Press Conference. Washington. For information, contact Sean Harder by email or at (563) 264-6880.
April 13	10:30 a.m.-noon, Trevor Findlay, Center for International Governance Innovation, "The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 and the Implications for Global Governance." Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E Street, NW, Washington. RSVP online.
April 14	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "House Armed Service Committee Perspectives on Strategic Issues." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 14	6:00-8:00 p.m., Ivan Oelrich, Federation of American Scientists, and Doug Feith, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "PONI Live Debate on the Nuclear Posture Review" (tentative). Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, B1 Conference Center, Washington. RSVP to Chris Jones by email or at (202) 775-3234.
April 14	Energy Department reports to Congress on the implementation of a research and development plan to improve nuclear forensics capabilities (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 3114).
April 14	U.S.-Russia Interparliamentary Group, co-chaired by Sen. Ben Nelson (NE) and Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Russian Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, holds discussions on ratification of the START follow-on agreement. Washington.
April 15	8:00-9:00 a.m., James Miller, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, "Nukes, Missile Defense, and U.S. Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 15	President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty), (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(2)).
April 16	8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Nuclear Deterrence Perspectives." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
Week of April 19 or 26	House floor action on the budget resolution (estimate). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of April 19 or 26	Senate floor action on the budget resolution (esimtate). Broadcast and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2.
April 20	8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Senate Perspectives on Iran, Missile Defense, and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 21	8:00-9:00 a.m., Ken Myers III, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, "Proliferation Concerns, Terrorism Issues." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 21	9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Gary Samore, National Security Council; Deepti Choubey, Carnegie Endowment; James Acton, Carnegie Endowment; and George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment, "International Perspectives on the Nuclear Posture Review." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington.
April 22	40th Anniversary of Earth Day.
April 22-23	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the NATO foreign ministers meeting. Tallinn, Estonia. NATO's nuclear weapons policy is on the agenda.
April 23	8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, Atlantic Council, "PRC Strategic Challenges," and Stephen Blank, Army War College, "Russian Nuclear Strategy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 26	4:00-6:00 p.m., Catholic University, "The Ethics of the Obama Administration's Nuclear Weapons Policy: Catholic Perspectives," with Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien, Baltimore; Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Maryann Cusimano Love, Catholic University; Gen. William Burns, Army War College; and William Barbieri, Catholic University. Catholic University, McGivney Hall Auditorium, Room 106, 620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington.
April 26	President Obama submits to Congress a five-year plan for improving nuclear forensic and attribution capabilities (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1036).
April 27	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Stewart O'Bryan, Commander, Navy Air and Missile Defense, "Integrated Navy Air and Missile Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 29	10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Civil Society Forum of the Conference of States Parties to Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones, co-sponsored by the Mission of Chile to the United Nations, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and Mayors for Peace. United Nations. For information, contact Alyn Ware by email or at (646) 289-5170.
April 30	Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones. United Nations.
April 30-May 1	For Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!, International Conference on Nuclear Abolition, Peace, and Disarmament. Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr., New York.
April	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 (estimate). 2362B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
April	House-Senate conference committee completes a new Iran sanctions bill from the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, H.R. 2194 and the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2009, S. 2799 (estimate).
April	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Y-12 National Security Complex.
April	Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program resume (estimate). Beijing.
April or May	New York special election to replace former Rep. Eric Massa (NY-29).
April or May	House Appropriations Committee, markup of a war supplemental appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website.
April or May	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.
April or May	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, markup of the State Department authorization bill, S. 2971 (possible). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
May 1	Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.
May 1	Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress a plan for maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523).
May 1	Footprints for Peace, International Peace Walk from the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN arrives at the United Nations.
May 2	2:00-5:30 p.m., For Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!, International Action Day for a Nuclear Free World. Rally near Times Square, New York; march to the United Nations; and peace festival in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th St. between First and Second Aves.).
May 3-28	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. United Nations. A calendar of events during the NPT review conference is maintained on the Reaching Critical Will website.
May 4	8:00-9:00 a.m., Thomas D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Nuclear Security Issues." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 6	United Kingdom general election (estimate).
Week of May 10	House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. May be video and audio webcast on the committee website depending on the room location.
Week of May 10	House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Video and audio webcast on the committee website.
May 13	8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense, and Proliferation Threats." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
Week of May 17	Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed).
Week of May 17	Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed).
May 18	Pennsylvania special election to replace the late Rep. John Murtha (PA-12).
May 20	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Trent Franks (AZ), "House Outlook on the Iranian and North Korean Threats, and U.S. Missile Defense Responses." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 20	3:30-5:00 p.m., James Acton, Carnegie Endowment, topic TBA. Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA.
May 21	8:00-9:00 a.m., Tom McInerney, former Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, and Clare Lopez, The Intelligence Summit, "Nuclear Iran: Imploding Regime, IRGC Rising." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 22	Hawaii special election to replace former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI-1).
Week of May 24	House floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). Broadcast, and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN.
May 28-June 1	NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session. Riga, Latvia.
May 29-June 7	House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (Senate recess is through June 6.)
May 31	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2010 begins. Through July 16. Geneva.
May 31	Memorial Day (holiday).
May	Iranian government hosts an international conference on nuclear disarmament. Tehran, Iran.
May or June	Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of a war supplemental appropriations bill (estimate). May be audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org depending on the room location.
May or June	U.N. Security Council imposes a fourth set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (possible). United Nations.
May or June	Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Wellington, New Zealand.
June 4	8:00-9:00 a.m., Frank Miller, Cohen Group, "Is Nuclear Deterrence Relevant in the 21st Century?" Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 5	International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Abolition Day.
June 7-11	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
June 10	8:00-9:00 a.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, and Michael Eisenstadt, Washington Institute of Near East Policy, "U.S. and Iranian Nuclear Perspectives." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 11	8:00-9:00 a.m., John Harvey, Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, "Moving to Consensus on America's Nuclear Security." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 15	8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Global Zero." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 16	8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin former head of Israel's Missile Defense Organization, "Missile Defense and Missile Threats: Middle East Developments." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 17	8:00-9:00 a.m., Steve Henry, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, "Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Defense." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 18	8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, Assistant Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "The Future of the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 23	8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Donley, Air Force Secretary, "Air Force Perspectives." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 25	8:00-9:00 a.m., Larry Welch, former Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, "Sustaining the Nuclear Deterrent." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 25-26	President Obama attends the G-8 summit. Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. An update of the G-8 Global Partnership Against the Proliferation of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction is on the agenda.
June 26-27	President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Toronto.
June	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Sustaining and Improving the Nation's Nuclear Forensics Capabilities.
June	Defense Department and Director of National Intelligence submit a Space Posture Review to Congress (estimate; was due Dec. 1, 2009) (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 913).
June	U.S. Air Force conducts two tests of the Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
June	National Nuclear Security Administration, issues the draft environmental impact statement on the continued operation of the Nevada Test Site.
June	Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism annual meeting. United Arab Emirates.
June or July	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (possible). Broadcast, and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2.
June or July	Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant begins limited operations (possible).
Summer	President Obama submits the START follow-on agreement to the Senate for ratification (estimate).
Summer	President Obama submits to Congress a 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251) (estimate; due by the time of the submission of the START follow-on agreement to the Senate).
Summer or Fall	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearings on the START follow-on agreement (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Video webcast on the committee website and audio webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
July 3-5	Nukewatch and the Nuclear Resister, Nuclear Free Future Conference. Maryville College, Maryville, TN.
July 3-12	House and Senate Independence Day recess. (Senate recess is through July 11.)
July 4	Independence Day.
July 5	Independence Day observed (holiday).
July 10	Magnolia Pictures releases the documentary film Countdown To Zero (tentative).
July 10	25th anniversary of the destruction by the French government of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior on its way to Murorua Atoll to protest French nuclear testing. Auckland, New Zealand.
July 16	Conference on Disarmament second session for 2010 begins ends. Geneva.
July 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
July 21	8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Kevin Chilton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense, and Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
July 23	8:00-9:00 a.m., Peppi DeBiaso, Director of Missile Defense Policy, Defense Department, "Missile Defense Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
July 25	Government Accountability Office reports to Congress on the Stockpile Stewardship Program of the National Nuclear Security Administration (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3133).
July or later	Japanese government hosts an international nuclear disarmament conference. Location TBA, Japan.
Aug. 3	8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, "Global Strike Command, Deterrence, and U.S. Strategic Policy." Part of the NDUF-NDIA Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 7-Sept. 13	House and Senate August and Rosh Hashanah recess. (Senate recess is through Sept. 12.)
Aug. 9	Conference on Disarmament third and last session for 2010 begins. Through Sept. 24. Geneva.
Aug. 9	Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 11	Ramadan begins at sundown. Through Sept. 10.
Aug. 11-12	U.S. Strategic Command, "2010 Deterrence Symposium." Omaha, NE.
Aug. 23-27	Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests (U.N. General Assembly Resolution A/C.1/64/L.14/Rev.1).
Aug.	President Obama visits India (estimate).
Sept. 1	President Obama submits an annual Global Nuclear Security report to Congress on the security of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon material outside the United States (22 U.S. Code Sec. 3244 note).
Sept. 1	Director of National Intelligence submits a biennial report to Congress on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1055).
Sept. 6	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 8	Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown. Through Sept. 10.
Sept. 9	Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown. Through Sept. 12.
Sept. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 13-17	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Sept. 17	Yom Kippur begins at sundown. Through Sept. 18.
Sept. 20-24	International Atomic Energy Agency annual general conference. Vienna, Austria
Sept. 21	~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. 24	Conference on Disarmament third and last session for 2010 ends. Geneva.
Sept. 27	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Sept.	State Department issues the final version of Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.
Sept.	U.S. Air Force tests a Minuteman III missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
Fall	National Academy of Sciences releases a report on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 4-Nov. 1	U.N. General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.
Oct. 8	5:00 a.m. EDT, Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway
Oct. 8	House of Representatives adjourns (tentative).
Oct. 9-12	Senate Columbus Day recess.
Oct. 9-12	Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, International Conference on Achieving a Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense Free Asia, Nagpur, India.
Oct. 11	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
Oct. 31	National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232).
Oct. or Nov.	NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session. Location TBA.
Oct. or Nov.	Nuclear Suppliers Group consultative group meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Nov. 2	U.S. Election Day.
Nov. 10-11	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Yokohama, Japan.
Nov. 11	Veterans Day (federal holiday).
Nov. 11-12	President Obama attends the G-20 summit. Seoul, South Korea.
Nov. 11-15	Friends Committee on National Legislation annual meeting and lobby day. Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington.
Nov. 13-14	President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Yokohama, Japan.
Nov. 19-21	President Obama attends the NATO summit, which will adopt a new Strategic Concept. Lisbon, Portugal.
Nov. 25	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 29-Dec. 3	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands.
Nov.	U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs and South Korean Foreign Ministry, Annual Joint Conference on Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Jeju Island, South Korea.
Nov.	German Marshall Fund, Halifax International Security Forum. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Nov. and Dec.	Congress returns for a lame-duck session (estimate).
Dec. 1	Energy Department submits an annual, 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	Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 9.
Dec. 2-3	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Dec. 6-10	Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva.
Dec. 10	7:00 a.m. EST, Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway.
Dec. 24	Christmas observed (holiday).
Dec. 25	Christmas.
Dec. 31	Due date for Libya to destroy its stocks of chemical weapons under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Dec. 31	New Year's Day observed (federal holiday).
Dec.	Energy Department submits to Congress a report by the National Academy of Sciences on the national security and extended deterrence value of the B61 nuclear bomb (House Report 111-278, p. 127).
Dec.	NATO annual Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation (estimate). Location TBA.
TBA	Senate floor action on the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009, H.R. 3276. Broadcast, and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN2.
TBA	President Obama submits an annual National Security Strategy to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a) (was due Feb. 1).
2011
Jan. 1	New Year's Day (holiday).
Jan. 1	Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on the status of nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563).
Jan. 1	Energy Departments submits to Congress a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the national security laboratories (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 3131).
Jan. 4	Congress convenes (estimate).
Jan. 17	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2011 begins. Through March 25 (estimate). Geneva.
Jan. 17	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
Jan. 30	Defense Department submits an annual report to Congress on the threat posed to the United States by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).
Jan. 31	President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material, and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note). The report is usually included as an appendix in the annual report due on Feb. 15 to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty) and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)).
Jan.	Energy Department submits to Congress a report by the JASON Defense Advisory Group on the value of the planned B61-12 nuclear bomb (House Report 111-278, p. 127).
Late Jan. or early Feb.	President Obama gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Broadcast, and video and audio webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on other networks.
Feb. 1	Director of National Intelligence submits an annual report to Congress 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.
Feb. 7	10:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress. Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
Feb. 7	~1:30 p.m. (estimate), Energy Secretary Steven Chu presents the Energy Department budget. Forrestal Building, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website.
Feb. 7	President Obama submits an annual National Security Strategy report to Congress (50 U.S. Code Sec. 404a).
Feb. 15	President Obama submits an annual report to Congress on how the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) program can contribute to implementing the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT or Moscow Treaty), and to securing Russian nuclear weapons and material (Treaty Document 107-8, Sec. 2(1)).
Feb. 15	Defense Department's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation submits an annual report to Congress on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note).
Feb. 15	Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566).
Feb. 21	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
March 1	National Academy of Sciences reports to the Defense Department and to Congress on boost-phase missile defense (Public Law 110-417, Sec. 232, date amended by Public Law 111-84, Sec. 239).
March 20	Norooz.
March 28-29	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington.
March 31	Energy Department submits an annual report to Congress on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
TBA	Mohamed ElBaradei,former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, releases his memoir, Crawling Away from Armageddon.

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