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Nuclear Calendar -- February 29, 2016

Feb. 29	2:30-4:30 p.m., Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations; Miles Pomper, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies; Toby Dalton, Canegie Endowment; and Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "U.S.-ROK: Civil Nuclear Cooperation." James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 1400 K St. NW, Suite 1225, Washington. RSVP online.
Week of Feb. 29	Defense Department holds talks with the South Korea government on U.S. deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense battery to South Korea. Seoul.
March 1	9:30 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing onEnergy Department Budget, with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 1	11:30-1:00 p.m., Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX); Rep. Jim Cooper (TN); Andrew Krepinevich, Center of Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA); and Jacob Cohn, CSBA, "Rethinking Armageddon: Planning Scenarios for the Second Nuclear Age." Sponsored by CSBA. 2168 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
March 1	1:30 p.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing onDepartment of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons and Activities and Nuclear Nonproliferation and Naval Reactors, with Frank Klotz, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; Brig. Gen. S.L. Davis, Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs; and Adm. James Caldwell, Deputy Administrator for Office of Naval Reactors. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 1	Super Tuesday, with presidential caucuses and primaries in 13 states.
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on China's military and security developments (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on the Defense Department website.
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States (10 U.S. Code, Sec. 494).
March 2	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on U.S. Air Force Budget, with Deborah Lee James, Air Force Secretary, and Gen. Mark Welsh, Air Force Chief of Staff. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 2	10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on the Navy budget, with Ray Mabus, Navy Secretary; Adm. John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Robert Neller, Marine Corps Commandant. 192 Dirksen House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 2	11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace and Grandmothers for Peace. Holiday Center Downtown, 207 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN.
March 2	2:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing onFiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for Department of Defense Nuclear Forces, with Robert Scher, Assistant Defense Secretary for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities; Arthur Hopkins, Acting Defense Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs; Gen. Robin Rand, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command; and Vice Adm. Terry Benedict, Navy Strategic Systems Programs. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 3	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on Posture of the Department of the Air Force with Deborah Lee James, Air Force Secretary, and Gen. Mark Welsh, Air Force Chief of Staff. G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 3	12:30 p.m., Krzystof Paturej, International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security, "Ahead of the Global Summit on Safety and Security: How to Deal with Chemical Threats?" Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), VCDNP Conference Hall. Donau-City-Strasse 6, Andromeda Tower, Floor 24, Vienna. RSVP online.
March 3	3:30 p.m., Adam Scheinman, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, "Global Cafe: Discussion with Ambassador Adam Scheinman." University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Gaughan Multicultural Center, Unity Room, Lincoln, NE.
March 3	3:30-5:00 p.m., Scott Sagan, Stanford University, "Atomic Attraction: Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran." Stanford University, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA.
March 3	7:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Sponsored by Casa Maria Catholic Worker. At First Unitarian Society, 1342 N. Astor St., Milwaukee.
March 3	9:00 p.m., EST, Republican presidential debate. Detroit. Broadcast on Fox News.
March 3-4	Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance Conference and Workshop. University of Nebraska at Omaha.
March 4	1:30-4:30 p.m., Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, "The Korean Peninsula Issues and U.S. National Security." Sponsored by ICAS Liberty Foundation. 2237 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
March 4-13	House of Representatives recess.
March 6	8:00 p.m., Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential debate. Flint, MI. Broadcast on CNN.
March 7	4:30 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Oberlin College, 106 King, 173 W. Lorain St., Oberlin, OH.
March 7	7:00-8:00 p.m., Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, National Security Council Director on Iran, George Washington University, Science and Engineering Hall, Lehman Auditorium, 800 22nd St. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 7	7:15 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Sponsored by Community Peace Builders, Oberlin. At Kendal Continuing Care Retirement Community, 22 Kendal Drive, Oberlin, OH.
Week of March 7	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the annual budget resolution (possible). 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 7-11	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
March 7-16	International Court of Justice holds public hearings in the case of the Marshall Islands on obligations concerning nuclear disarmament against India, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands.
March 9	Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders presidential debate. Miami. Broadcast onUnivision.
March 10	Republican presidential debate. Miami. Broadcast on CNN.
March 11	7:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., "The Benefits of Strategic Nuclear Deterrence: Modernizing the Triad and Nuclear Deterrent Enterprise." Sponsored by the Air Force Association, National Defense Industrial Association and Reserve Officers Association. Silverdale Beach Hotel, 3073 NW Bucklin Hill Road, Silverdale, WA. RSVP online.
March 11	8:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Naval Postgraduate School, "Emerging Nuclear and CBW Challenges and Management Opportunities Workshop." At the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 11	7:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, 503 Rock Creek Church Road NW, Washington.
March 12-15	Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), Spring Lobby Weekend. Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, Washington.
March 13	10:00-11:30 a.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Ave., Baltimore.
March 14	7:00-9:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States, with eight co-sponsors. Busboys and Poets, Guillén Room, 235 Carroll St. NW, Washington.
Week of March 14	Senate floor action on the annual budget resolution (possible). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 16	Morning, House Budget Committee, markup of the annual budget resolution (possible). 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website.
March 18	7:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Mary House Catholic Worker, 55 E. Third St., New York.
March 19-April 3	Senate spring recess.
March 20	7:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Sponsored by American Friends Service Committee. At Quaker Meeting House, Five Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA.
March 20	7:00 p.m., Ira Helfand, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, "Combating the Growing Danger of Nuclear War." Town Hall, 119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. RSVP online.
March 20-22	American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington.
March 21	Republican presidential debate. Salt Lake City. Broadcaster TBA.
Week of March 21	House of Representatives, floor action on the annual budget resolution (possible). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
March 24	Noon-1:15 p.m., Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies, "Asia's Latent Nuclear Powers: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan." University of Maryland, 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
March 24	6:30 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility. At Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Ave., New York.
March 24-April 11	House of Representatives spring recess.
March 25	Good Friday.
March 27	Easter.
March 29-30	Nuclear Energy Institute, Nuclear Industry Summit. Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H St. NW, Washington.
March 31	Solutions for a Secure Nuclear Future, NGO Side Event to the Nuclear Security Summit. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington.
March 31	Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe meets with President Obama. Washington.
March 31	South Korean President Park Geun-hye meets with President Obama. Washington.
March 31	6:30-10:00 p.m., Washington Peace Center awards Sister Megan Rice, Transform Now, a lifetime activist achievement award. At. St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St. NW, Washington. Register online.
March 31-April 1	President Obama attends the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit.Washington Convention Center, Washington.
March or April	Senate floor vote on the nomination of Laura Holgate to be the Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
April 4-22	U.N. Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations. Portions webcast on the U.N. website.
April 5	Seventh anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 7	7:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace and Women Against Military Madness. At Common Good Books, 38 Snelling Ave. S, St. Paul, MN.
April 8	Sixth anniversary of the signing of the New START Treaty by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Prague. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each.
April 10	10:00 a.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Unitarian Universalist Church, 206 N. Main St., Underwood, MN.
April 10-11	Secretary of State John Kerry attends a G-7 foreign ministers meeting. Hiroshima, Japan.
April 13	Noon-2:00 p.m., Tom Collina, Ploughshares Fund, "Is the US Nuclear Arsenal Worth a Trillion Dollars?" Princeton University, 221 Nassau St., Second Floor Conference Room, Princeton, NJ.
April 17-20	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Annual DC Days, Washington. RSVP online.
Week of April 18	House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
April 22	Passover begins at sunset. Through April 30.
April 26-27	"Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Safeguards Culture Workshop." Texas A&M, College Station, TX.
April 27	House Armed Services Committee Forces, markup of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
April 28	3:30-5:00 p.m., Thomas Jonter, Stockholm University and Christian Ostermann, Wilson Center, "The Key to Nuclear Restraint." Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
April 28	7:00 p.m., John LaForge, Nukewatch (WI), book talk on Nuclear Heartland, Revised: A Guide to the 450 Land-Based Missiles of the United States. Boneshaker Books, 2002 23rd Ave. S., Minneapolis.
April 29	Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare.
April	Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization holds a ministerial-level meeting (possible). Vienna.
April 30-May 9	House and Senate recess. (Senate recess through May 8.)
Week of May 2	House of Representatives, floor action on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
May 2-13	U.N. Open-ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament, second session. Geneva.
May 9-13	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Week of May 9	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the annual defense appropriations bill (estimate). H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed).
Week of May 9	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the annual energy and water appropriations bill (estimate). 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of May 9	Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed).
Week of May 9	Senate Armed Services Committee, markup of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Room TBA, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington (closed).
Week of May 16	House Appropriations Committee, markup of the annual defense appropriations bill (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of May 16	House Appropriations Committee, markup of the annual energy and water appropriations bill (estimate). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of May 23	House of Representatives, floor action on the annual defense appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of May 23	House of Representatives, floor action on the annual energy and water appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
May 27-June 6	House and Senate Memorial Day recess. (Senate recess begins May 28. and ends June 5.)
May 30	Memorial Day (holiday).
June 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 7	Ramadan begins at sunset. Through July 7.
June 25-Jully 4	House of Representatives Independence Day recess.
July 1-5	Senate Independence Day recess.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 8	20th anniversary of the International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. The Hague.
July 8-9	President Obama attends a NATO summit. Warsaw, Poland.
July 16-Sept. 5	House and Senate summer recess.
July 18-21	Republican National Convention. Cleveland.
July 19	25th anniversary of South Africa joining the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, after voluntarily dismantling its own nuclear weapons.
July 24-28	"Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 57th Annual Meeting." Marriott Marquis, 265 Peachtree Center Ave., Atlanta. RSVP online.
July 25-28	Democratic National Convention. Philadelphia.
July 27-28	U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium. Vista Conference Center, La Vista, NE.
July 31	25th anniversary of the signing of START I treaty by President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Moscow. The treaty reduced the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons by 80 percent to 6,000 each.
Aug. 6	8:16 a.m., 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug; 9	11:02 a.m., 70th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 22	U.N. Open-ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament, third session (tentative). Geneva.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Aug. 29	25th anniversary of the closing of the Soviet Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. Kazakhstan.
Sept. 4-5	President Obama attends a G-20 summit. Hangzhou, China.
Sept. 5	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 18	Russian Duma elections (tentative).
Sept. 19-23	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 24	20th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations.
Sept. 26	International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Sept. 26	First Presidential Debate. Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 1-Nov. 13	House of Representatives election recess.
Oct. 2	Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Oct. 4.
Oct. 3	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Oct. 4	Vice presidential debate, Longwood University, Farmville, VA.
Oct. 8-Nov. 13	Senate election recess.
Oct. 9	Second presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Oct. 9	10th anniversary of North Korea's first nuclear test.
Oct. 10	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 11	Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Oct. 12.
Oct. 11-12	30th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit between President Reagan and Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev. Reykjavik, Iceland.
Oct. 19	Third presidential debate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.
Nov. 8	U.S. election day.
Nov. 11	Veterans Day (federal holiday).
Nov. 14-18	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Nov. 18-28	House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. (Senate recess begins Nov. 19. and ends Nov. 27.)
Nov. 24	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 26	25th anniversary of the last British nuclear test, Julin Bristol. Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site.
Nov.	President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Lima, Peru.
Dec. 5-9	International Atomic Energy Agency, International Conference on Nuclear Security. Vienna.
Dec. 16	Congress adjourns (tentative).
Dec. 17-Jan. 2	House and Senate Christmas recess.
Dec. 24	Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Jan. 1.
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
Dec. 26	Christmas federal holiday.
Dec. 26	25th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Dec. 31	U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s term ends.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSurplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC.
TBA	China and United States hold the first meeting of new annual bilateral nuclear security talks. Location TBA.

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