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February 22, 2017

Feb. 18-26	House and Senate President's Day recess.
Feb. 23	Noon-1:00 p.m., Al Mauroni, U.S. Air Force Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies, "Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction: Assessing the U.S. Government’s Policy." Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington. RSVP online.
Feb. 23	12:30-2:00 p.m., Brad Roberts, Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "Anticipating the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review." Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CNS Building, Videoconference Room, 499 Van Buren St., Monterey, CA.
Feb. 23-24	Energy Communities Alliance, "Meeting the New Administration: Addressing Priorities and Securing Progress.” Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel, 415 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Feb. 24	1:00-5:00 p.m., Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS), "Winter Symposium," with four speakers. Kennedy Caucus Room, Russell Senate Office Building. RSVP online.
Feb. 25-28	J Street Conference, Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington.
Feb. 28	Noon-1:30 p.m., Guy Roberts, Consensus for American Security; Olga Oliker, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Anya Loukianova Fink, RAND Corporation, "US-Russia Nuclear Policy in the Trump Era." American Security Project, Suite 710 West 1100 New York Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 14	President Trump submits an outline of his budget for fiscal year 2018 to Congress (estimate). The full budget will be submitted the week of May 1 (estimate).
Feb. 28	9 p.m. EST, President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress. Washington. Broadcast on most TV networks.
Feb. 28 - March 2	Exchange Monitor, "Nuclear Deterrence Summit." Capital Hilton, 1001 16th St. NW, Washington. Register online.
March 1	Defense Department submits a draft supplemental budget request for fiscal year 2017 to the Office of Management and Budget.
March 1	12:30-2:00 p.m., Timothy Farnsworth, Rethink Media, "Striking a Chord: Using Media, Advocacy and Storytelling to Reach the Public on Nuclear Weapons Issues." Princeton University, Science and Global Security, Second Floor Conference Room, 221 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ.
March 1	Noon, Braun, International Peace Bureau, "Could U.S./NATO Conflicts with Russia trigger WWIII?" Hinckley Institute of Politics, Reiner Braun, Salt Lake City, Utah.
March 1	12:30 p.m., Elmar Hellendoorn, NATO Defense College, "NATO's Nuclear Policy and the Future of European Security Order." German Marshall Fund, 91 Rue de Rennes, 75006, Paris.
March 6	11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Bethany Goldblum, UC Berkeley, "Networks and Nukes: A Multiplex Model of Nuclear Proliferation." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Stanford, CA. RSVP online.
March 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna.
March 7	Noon-1:00 p.m., CATO Institute, "Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy," with four speakers. CATO Institute, Hayek Auditorium, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 9-10	Creighton University, "Rethinking Deterrence and Assurance in a Globalized World." Creighton University, Omaha, NE.
March 18-21	Friends Committee on National Legislation, "Spring Lobby Weekend on Economic Justice." Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington. Register online.
March 20-21	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online.
March 27-31	U.N. conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. United Nations, NY.
Early March	South Korea and the United States conduct their annual "Key Resolve" military exercise.
April. 6	Noon-1:15 p.m., Jaganath Sankaran, Center for International Security Studies at Maryland, "Nuclear Early Warning: The President's 3 AM Phone Call." University of Maryland, 4113 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
April 10	Passover begins at sunset. Through April 18.
April 10-11	Nuclear Triad and Advanced Conventional Strike Symposium, Naval Surface Warfare Center. WestGate Academy, 13598 E. WestGate Dr., Odon, IN.
April 14	Good Friday.
April 16	Easter.
April. 21-22	American Physical Society, "Short Course on Nuclear Weapon and Related Security Issues." George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St. NW Washington. RSVP online.
April 23	First round of the French presidential election.
April 28	Continuing resolution for unfinished appropriation bills for fiscal year 2017 expires.
April 29	End of the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
April-June	Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based-Interceptor missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.
May 1	Defense Department submits its proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 to the Office of Management and Budget estimate.
Week of May 1	President Trump submits the budget for fiscal year 2018 to Congress (estimate).
May 2-12	First PrepCom for the 2020 NPT Review Conference. Vienna.
May 7	Second round of the French presidential election.
May 19	Iranian presidential election.
May 21-24	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, annual DC Days. Washington.
May 26-27	President Trump attends a G7 summit. Taormina, Sicily, Italy.
May 29	Memorial Day (holiday).
June 15-July 7	U.N. conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. United Nations.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 7-8	President Trump attends a G20 summit. Hamburg, Germany.
July 29-Sept. 4	House and Senate summer recess.
July 31	European Union sanctions against Russia expire.
Aug. 4	40th anniversary of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91).
Aug. 9-10	U.S. Strategic Command, Deterrence Symposium, La Vista, NE.
Sept. 4	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 20	Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset. Through Sept. 22.
Sept. 23	25th anniversary of the last U.S. nuclear test, "Divider." Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada Nuclear Security Site.
Sept. 29	Yom Kippur begins at sunset. Through Oct. 12.
Sept.	Germany holds federal parliamentary elections.
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 1	25th anniversary of the U.S. Senate ratification of the START I treaty on a 93-6 vote. The treaty reduced the number of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear weapons by 80 percent to 6,000 each.
Oct. 3	65th anniversary of the first British nuclear test. Montebello Islands, Western Australia.
Oct. 9	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Nov. 1	65th anniversary of the world's first hydrogen bomb test by the United States, Ivy Mike. The test was 700 times the size of the Hiroshima bomb and vaporized the island of Elugelab, Marshall Islands.
Nov. 7	U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and mayoral elections in New York City and many cities.
Nov. 10	Veterans Day observed (federal holiday).
Nov. 10-11	President Trump attends an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting. Da Nang, Vietnam.
Nov. 11	Veterans Day
Nov. 23	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Dec. 2	75th anniversary of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. University of Chicago.
Dec. 8	30th anniversary of the signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Washington. The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 300 and 3,400 miles.
Dec. 12	Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 20
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
TBA	President Trump attends a NATO summit. Brussels.
TBA	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, NM.
2018
Feb. 5	New START Treaty due date for U.S. and Russia to reach a limit of 1,550 deployed strategic weapons each.
March 6	U.S. sanctions against Russia expire.
March 11	Russian presidential election.

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