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Nuclear Calendar -- September 9, 2015
| Sept. 9 | 9:00-10:00 a.m., Hillary Clinton, "The Iran Nuclear Deal." Webcast only. Sponsored by the Brookings Institution. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 9 | 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran (Part IV)," with retired Gen. Chuck Wald, former Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command; retired Adm. William Fallon, former Commander, U.S. Central Command; retired Vice Adm. John Bird, former Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet; and Leon Wieseltier, Brookings Institution. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| Sept. 9 | 11:00-12:30 p.m., Rep. Mike Pompeo (KS); Paula DeSutter, Tenere’ Veritas; Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University; and Michaela Dodge, Heritage Foundation, "A Pathway Forward: An Alternative to the Flawed Iran Nuclear Deal." Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Heritage Foundation website. |
| Sept. 9 | Noon, House of Representatives begins floor debate on the resolution of disapproval of the Iran nuclear agreement, H.J.Res. 64. The vote will be Friday, Sept. 11. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Sept. 9 | 12:15-1:45 p.m., Jean-Marie Guéhenno, International Crisis Group; Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Security Conference; Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution; and Cornelius Adebahr, Carnegie Endowment, "How Europe Will Respond to the Iran Nuclear Agreement." Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 9 | 1:00-3:00 p.m., "Stop the Iran Deal Rally," with Sen. Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and other speakers. Sponsored by Tea Party Patriots, Zionist Organization of America and Center for Security Policy, Capitol Building, West Lawn, Washington. |
| Sept. 9 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., Ebrahim Mohseni, University of Tehran; and Steven Kull, Nancy Gallagher and Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland, "Iranian and American Public Opinion on the Nuclear Deal." At the Carnegie Endowment, Butler Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| Sept. 9 | 6:30-8:00 p.m., Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, and Michael Doran, Hudson Institute, "Should Congress Pass a Resolution of Disapproval of the Iran Nuclear Agreement?" Sponsored by World Affairs Council. At UCDC, 1608 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 10 | 10:15-11:30 a.m., Marie DuMond, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Gary Samore, Harvard University; and Sharon Squasonni, CSIS, "U.S.-ROK Civil Nuclear Cooperation." CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Webcast on the CSIS website. |
| Sept. 10 | 12:30-2:00 p.m., Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Center, “Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future.” National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Room 1119, Fort McNair, Washington. Off the record. RSVP to Nima Gerami byThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| Sept. 10 | Afternoon, Senate vote on the resolution of disapproval of the Iran nuclear agreement, H.J.Res. 61 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Sept. 10 | 2:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on "The Obama Administration’s Deal with Iran: Implications for Missile Defense and Nonproliferation,” with Frank Klotz, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Robert Scher, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| Sept. 10 | 2:45-4:50 p.m., Duyeon Kim, Carnegie Endowment; ROK Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong; Raymond Quilop, Philippines DND Assistant Secretary for Strategic Assessment; and Nobuyasu Abe, Japan Atomic Energy Commission, "Defense Cooperation for Nuclear Non-Proliferation," Part of the 2015 Seoul Defense Dialogue, Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul, South Korea. |
| Sept. 10 | 4:30-6:00 p.m., Frank von Hippel, Princeton University; Olli Heinonen, Harvard University; and Hossein Mousavian, Princeton University, "The Iran Nuclear Deal: The Technical Debate Clarified." George Washington University, 1957 E St. NW, Room B17, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 11 | 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., George Washington University (GWU), "U.S. Nuclear Policy Toward China," with 11 speakers. GWU, 1957 E St. NW, City View Room, Seventh Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 11 | 9:00-10:00 a.m., Robert Litwak, Wilson Center, "Iran’s Nuclear Chess: After the Deal." Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Flom Auditorium, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website. |
| Sept. 11 | 9:00 a.m.-noon, House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran (Part V)," with Juan Zarate, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies; Robert Satloff, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Olli Heinonen, Harvard University; and Robert Einhorn, Brookings Institution. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building Washington. Webcast on thecommittee website. |
| Sept. 11 | 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m., David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security; Omri Ceren, Israel Project; and Michael Doran, Hudson Institute, "Can Iran Inspect Itself? IAEA Side Agreements and the Iran Nuclear Deal." Hudson Institute, 1015 15th St. NW, Sixth Floor, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 11 | ~3:00 p.m., House of Representatives vote on the resolution of disapproval of the Iran nuclear agreement, H.J.Res. 64. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Sept. 11 | Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
| Sept. 12-15 | House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. |
| Sept. 13-15 | Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset, Sept. 13. Through Sept. 15. |
| Sept. 14 | Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2017. Final budgets are to be submitted to Congress on Feb. 1. |
| Sept. 14 | Senate Rosh Hashanah recess. |
| Sept. 15 | 3:00-4:30 p.m., James Walsh, MIT, and William Tobey, Harvard University, "Debate: Should Congress Approve the Nuclear Agreement with Iran?" Harvard University, Taubman Building, Nye A, Fifth Floor, Cambridge, MA. |
| Sept. 15 | International Atomic Energy Agency submits additional questions to Iran on outstanding issues regarding military aspects of Iran’s nuclear program. |
| Sept. 16 | 8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. David Mann, Commander U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Emerging Missile Defense and SMDC Requirements." Part of the Huessy Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 16 | 6:30-8:30 p.m., Aaron David Miller, Wilson Center; Gary Samore, Harvard University; and Gary Sick, Columbia University, "Real Deal or Raw Deal? Global Implications of the Iran Accord." Sponsored by National Committee on American Foreign Policy. At the Union Club, 101 E. 69th St., New York. Register online. |
| Sept. 16 | 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. EDT, Republican presidential debate. Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. Broadcast on CNN. |
| Sept. 16-18 or week of Sept. 21 | House of Representatives floor action on a Continuing Resolution for appropriations for fiscal year 2016 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN. |
| Sept. 17 | 7:25 a.m.-1:40 p.m., retired Gen. Robert Kehler, former Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; Rep. Kevin Cramer (ND); Vice Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Navy Strategic Systems Programs; Sen. John Hoeven (ND); Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (ND); Rep. Mike Rogers (AL); Frank Miller, Scowcroft Group; retired Gen. Larry Welch;, former Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; Keith Payne and Robert Joseph, National Institute for Public Policy; and Maj. Gen. Michael Fortney, Vice Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, "The Enduring Value of Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century." Sponsored by the Minot [ND] Task Force 21, At the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St. SE, Washington. Registration is full To be added to the waiting list, contact Lisa Moldenhauer by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
| Sept. 17 | 10:00-11:30 a.m., Bishop Oscar Cantú, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; former Sen. Sam Nunn, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and Maryann Cusimano Love, Catholic University of America, "The Pope and the Bomb: New Nuclear Dangers and Moral Dilemmas." Sponsored by the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, and five other organizations. 1777 F St. NW, First Floor Conference Room, Washington. |
| Sept. 17 | 2:00-2:45 EDT, Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Center, “Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future.” Teleconference sponsored by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. RSVP online. |
| Sept. 17 | 5:30-7:30 p.m., Peter Galbraith, former professor, National War College; Jim Walsh, MIT; and Angela Canterbury, Council for a Livable World, "Boston to Tehran: On the Edge of Progress." Sponsored by the Council for a Livable World. At the Hampshire House, 84 Beacon St., Third Floor, Boston. Register online. |
| Sept. 19-23 | House of Representatives Yom Kippur recess. |
| Sept. 21 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Week of Sept. 21 | Senate floor action on a Continuing Resolution for appropriations for fiscal year 2016 (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2. |
| Sept. 22-23 | Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI), "2015 Fall Conference." Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. |
| Sept. 22-23 | Yom Kippur begins at sunset, Sept. 22. Through Sept. 23. |
| Sept. 23 | 9:15 a.m., Pope Francis meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. |
| Sept. 23 | Senate Yom Kippur recess. |
| Sept. 24 | 9:20 a.m., Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN, and broadcast on CNN and probably other networks. |
| Sept. 25 | 8:30 a.m., Pope Francis addresses the U.N. General Assembly, United Nations. Broadcast on TV and webcast on the U.N. website. |
| Sept. 25 | 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Center, "Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future." Duke University, Talley Student Union 3285, Durham, NC. |
| Sept. 25 | Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with President Obama. White House, Washington. |
| Sept. 26 | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. |
| Sept. 26 | 7:00 p.m., Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, screening of The Man Who Saved the World. Arena Cinema, 1625 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood, CA. |
| Sept. 28 | ~9:00 a.m., President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly. United Nations. Broadcast on CNN, webcast on the U.N. website and may be webcast on the White House website. |
| Sept. 28 | Late morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website, and may be broadcast and webcast on the RT television network. |
| Sept. 28 | Early afternoon, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the U.N. General Assembly (estimate). United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website and IranianPress TV. |
| Sept. 29 | 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). United Nations, Conference Room 1. Register by Sept. 16 online. A portion may be webcast on the U.N. website. |
| Sept. 30 | Due date for congressional adoption of a Continuing Resolution for appropriations for fiscal year 2016. |
| Sept. or Oct. | Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Laura Holgate to be the Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (estimate). 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website. |
| Fall | International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification meeting. Oslo, Norway. |
| Oct. 1 | Federal budget year begins. |
| Oct. 2-5 | House of Representatives recess |
| Oct. 3-10 | Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "Keeping Space for Peace." Various locations. |
| Oct. 5-Nov. 4 | General Assembly's First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) holds general debate. United Nations. Webcast on the U.N. website. Related events at the United Nations are on the Reaching Critical Will website. |
| Oct. 9 | 11:00 a.m. Norwegian time (5:00 a.m. EDT), Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway. |
| Oct. 10-18 | House and Senate Columbus Day recess. House recess goes through Oct. 19. |
| Oct. 12 | Columbus Day (federal holiday). |
| Oct. 13 | Democratic presidential debate. Las Vegas, NV. Broadcast on CNN. |
| Oct. 14-17 | Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), Fifth Prague Agenda Conference & 2015 PNND Assembly. Czernin Palace, Great Hall, Prague. |
| Oct. 15 | International Atomic Energy Agency, Organizational Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, Vienna. |
| Oct. 15 | Iran provides the International Atomic Energy Agency with follow-up information on the military aspects of its nuclear program. |
| Oct. 18 | Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iran nuclear agreement goes into effect, 90 days after the U.N. Security Council endorsement of the plan ("Adoption Day"). |
| Oct. 28 | Republican presidential debate. University of Colorado in Boulder. Broadcast onCNBC. Debate will focus on economic issues. |
| Oct. 30 | National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. |
| Oct. | House and Senate floor action on the conference report on the annual National Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 1735 and S. 1376, which includes the nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimates). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN and C-SPAN2. |
| Oct. | Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratoriesreports to Congress and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (Public Law 113-76, Sec. 319) (estimate). |
| Oct.-Dec. | Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile fromVandenberg Air Force Base, CA, against an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. |
| Nov. 3 | U.S. Election Day, with gubernatorial elections in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi, and mayoral elections in many cities. |
| Nov. 6-15 | House of Representatives Veterans Day recess. |
| Nov. 11 | Veterans Day (federal holiday). |
| Nov. 12-15 | Friend Committee on National Legislation (Quakers), annual meeting. Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington. |
| Nov. 14 | Democratic presidential debate. Des Moines, IA. Broadcast on CBS News. |
| Nov. 15-16 | President Obama attends a G-20 summit. Antalya, Turkey. |
| Nov. 15-19 | World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Atlanta. |
| Nov. 17-18 | President Obama attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders meeting. Manila, Philippines. |
| Nov. 21-29 | House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. House recess begins Nov. 20. |
| Nov. 22 | 60th anniversary of the first Soviet thermonuclear test. Semipalatinsk Test Site, then in the Soviet Union and now in Kazakhstan. |
| Nov. 26 | Thanksgiving (holiday). |
| Nov. 26-27 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Nov. 30 | Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal agencies for fiscal year 2017, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 1. |
| Nov. | Republican presidential debate. City TBA, WI. Broadcast on the Fox Business Network. |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 4 | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, 20th annual conference. The Hague. |
| Dec. 6 | Hanukkah begins at sunset. Through Dec. 14. |
| Dec. 10 | 7:00 a.m. EST (1:00 p.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize awarded. Oslo, Norway. |
| Dec. 14 | 75th anniversary of the discovery of plutonium. |
| Dec. 15 | Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, submits an assessment to the Board of Governors on outstanding issues regarding military aspects of Iran’s nuclear program. Vienna. |
| Dec. 15 | Republican presidential debate. City TBA, NV. Broadcast on CNN. |
| Dec. 18 | House and Senate adjournment (tentative). |
| Dec. 19 | Democratic presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC News. |
| Dec. 19-Jan. 4 | House and Senate Christmas-New Year's recess |
| Dec. 22 | Fifth anniversary of the U.S. Senate ratification of the New START treaty on a 71-26 vote. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each. |
| Dec. 25 | Christmas (holiday). |
| Dec. 30 | U.S.-China civil nuclear cooperation agreement ("123 agreement") expires. |
| 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 final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor. |
| 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. |
| 2016 | |
| Jan. 1 | New Year's Day (holiday). |
| Jan. 5 | Congress convenes (estimate). |
| Jan. 17 | Democratic presidential debate. Charleston, SC. Broadcast on NBC News. |
| Jan. 27 | 65th anniversary of the first nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. |
| Jan. | Republican president debate, City TBA, IA. Broadcast on Fox News. |
| Feb. 5 | Fifth anniversary of the New START treaty entering into force. The treaty reduces the maximum number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the United States and Russia from 2,200 to 1,550 each. |
| Feb. 6 | Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC News. |
| Feb. 13 | Republican presidential debate. City TBA, SC. Broadcast on CBS News. |
| Feb. 26 | Republican presidential debate. Houston. Broadcast on NBC and Telemundo. |
| Feb. 26 | Iranian parliamentary elections. |
| Feb. or March | Democratic presidential debate. Miami. Broadcast on Univision. |
| Feb. or March | Democratic presidential debate. City TBA, WI. Broadcast on PBS. |
| March 7-11 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Mach 10 | Republican presidential debate. City TBA, FL. Broadcast on CNN. |
| March 19 | U.S.-South Korean civil nuclear cooperation agreement ("123 agreement") expires. |
| March 31-April 1 | President Obama attends the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit. Washington Convention Center. |
| May 9-13 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| June 6-10 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| July 8-9 | President Obama attends a NATO summit. Warsaw, Poland. |
| Sept. 19-23 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Oct. 3 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Nov. 14-18 | International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna. |
| Dec. 4 | Russian Duma elections (tentative). |
| Dec. 5-9 | International Atomic Energy Agency, Second International Conference on Nuclear Security. Vienna. |
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