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Oct. 8, 2012

Sept. 22-Nov. 12	House and Senate election recess.
Oct. 6-13	Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Keep Space for Peace Week.
Oct. 8	11:20 a.m., Mitt Romney delivers a major foreign policy address. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA. Probably broadcast and webcast on CNN and on C-SPAN.
Oct. 8	Noon, Scott Sagan, Stanford University, "Shared Responsibility for Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Non-Proliferation." George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 602, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 8	Columbus Day (federal holiday).
Oct. 8-Nov. 6	U.N. General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations.
Oct. 9-10	NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels.
Oct. 10	8:45-10:30 a.m., Sven-Eric Fikenscher; Bernd Kubbig; and Christian Weidlich, presentation of Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East. Sponsored by Monterrey Institute. George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons, Sixth Floor, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Center for Nonproliferation Studies email">email.
Oct. 10	1:00-2:30 p.m., Richard Verma, Obama Campaign, and Dov Zakheim, Romney Campaign, "Election 2012: The National Security Agenda." Sponsored by American Enterprise Institute. Willard InterContinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 10	4:00-6:00 p.m., Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament 50 Years Since the Cuban Missile Crisis," MIT, Room 395, Building E51, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA.
Oct. 10	7:00 p.m., Tom Clements, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability; Susan Corbett, Sierra Club of South Carolina; and Glenn Carroll, Nuclear Watch South, "Nuclear Weapons, Energy and Waste: What South Carolina Needs to Know.” Sponsored by Carolina Peace Resource Center. University of South Carolina, Green Quad Learning Center, 1216 Wheat St., Columbia, SC. RSVP online.
Oct. 11	12:15-2:00 p.m., Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Harvard University; Bernd Kubbig, Peace Research Institute; and Christian Weidlich, Peace Research Institute, "Arms Control and Missile Proliferation in the Middle East." Harvard University, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge, MA.
Oct. 11	1:15-4:30 p.m., Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for Asia and Pacific Affairs; Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut; and Douglas Paal, Carnegie Endowment, "Korean Peninsula Issues," sponsored by the Institute for Coren-American Studies. B318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVPonline.
Oct. 11	3:30-5:00 p.m., Scott Sagan, Stanford University, "Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Nuclear Norms, Traditions and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, Second Floor, 616 Serra St., Palo Alto, CA.
Oct. 11	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, vice presidential debate. Centre College, Danville, KY. Broadcast on most TV networks.
Oct. 12	5:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Norwegian time), Nobel Peace Prize announced. Oslo, Norway.
Oct. 12	Noon, Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute; Stephen Fuller, George Mason University; and Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal, "The Economic Effects of Military Spending." Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 12	1:00-3:00 p.m., Khosrow Semnani, author, The Ayatollah’s Nuclear Gamble, "The Human Cost of Military Strikes Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities." Atlantic Council, 11th Floor, 1101 15th St., NW, Washington. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Atlantic Council email">email.
Oct. 12-14	Global Zero, Student Institute, at Hotel Allegro, 171 W. Randolph St., Chicago. Apply by Sept. 24 by [email protected]" title="Global Zero Application">email.
Oct. 13	10:15 a.m., Rosalie Riegle, Saginaw Valley State University, "Zodiac Rafts and White Trains: The Ground Zero Campaign Against the Trident Nuclear Submarine, 1977-1988." Part of the Oral History Association National Conference. At Cleveland Marriott at Key Center, Salon C, 127 Public Square, Cleveland. Registeronline.
Oct. 14-28	50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Oct. 15	1:00-2:30 p.m., Jane Harman, Wilson Center; Robert Gallucci, MacArthur Foundation; Graham Allison, Harvard University; and Timothy Naftali, New America Foundation, "Is the World More Dangerous 50 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis?" Wilson Center, Sixth Floor Conference Room, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website..
Oct. 15	1:15-2:45 p.m., Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists; Lt. Gen. V.R. Raghavan (retired), Center for Security Analysis; Sameh Aboul-Enein, Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister for Disarmament Affairs; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "50 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis," sponsored by the Arms Control Association. United Nations, Conference Room 1. RSVP online.
Oct. 16	7:00-9:30 p.m., Vandenberg Witness, "Putting Nuclear Weapons on Trial: An Evening with the Vandenberg 15 Defendants." Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Ananpamu St., Santa Barbara, CA.
Oct. 16	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, second presidential debate. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. The debate will focus on domestic and foreign policy issues. Broadcast on most TV networks.
Oct. 16-18	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Online Conference on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty." Vienna. RSVP online.
Oct. 17	8:30 a.m., Vandenberg 15 Defendants appear in federal court, 1415 State St, Santa Barbara, CA.
Oct. 17	Noon-1:00 p.m., David Patrikarakos, journalist, and Siavush Randjbar-Daemi, University of Manchester, "Iran's Nuclear Programme: A Surge into Modernity." Arundel House, Fifth Floor Conference Room, 13-15 Arundel St., Temple Place, London. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Charlotte Laycock email">email.
Oct. 17	3:30-5:00 p.m., Svetlana Savranskaya, National Security Archive, and Philip Brenner, American University, book discussion of The Soviet Cuban Missile Crisis: Castro, Mikoyan, Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Missiles of November. Wilson Center, Fifth Floor, Regan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Wilson Center website.
Oct. 18	Noon, Christopher Preble and Dan Mitchell, Cato Institute, "The Real Effects of Sequestration." Sponsored by the Cato Institute. 2203 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 18	1:00-2:30 p.m., Lt. Gen. V.R. Raghavan (retired), Center for Security Analysis, "Reducing Nuclear Dangers in South Asia." American Association for the Advancement of Science, 12th Floor Board Room, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Julia Thompson email">email.
Oct. 18	6:00-8:00 p.m., Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institute, "Foreign Policy and National Security Policy Strategies of the Presidential Candidates." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. At Residence Inn Arlington Pentagon City, 550 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online.
Oct. 18-19	Project on Nuclear Issues, "2012 PONI Fall Conference." Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., NW, Washington. RSVP by Oct. 5 online.
Oct. 19-21	Global Zero, Student Institute, at Concord's Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord, MA. Apply by Oct. 1 by [email protected]" title="Global Zero Application">email.
Oct. 21	5:30 p.m., Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, "Standing Together for Our Common Future: Honoring Sen. Tony De Brum, Marshall Islands." La Pacifica Ballroom and Terrace, Four Seasons Resort, The Biltmore, 1260 Channell Dr., Santa Barbara, CA. Buy tickets online.
Oct. 22	4:00-5:30 p.m., David Holloway, Stanford University; Scott Sagan, Stanford University; and Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution, "Thirteen Days--and Fifty Years Later: What Have We Learned from the Cuban Missile Crisis?" Stanford University, Tresidder Memorial Union, Oak Lounge, Palo Alto, CA.
Oct. 22	9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT, third (and last) presidential debate. Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL. The debate will focus on foreign policy issues. Broadcast on most TV networks.
Oct. 22-23	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization chooses a new director from five candidates. Vienna.
Oct. 23-24	G8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting. Livermore, CA.
Oct. 24	3:30-5:00 p.m., Robert Norris, Federation of American Scientists, and David Rosenberg, Institute for Defense Analysis, "Cuban Missile Crisis: Nuclear Order of Battle," Wilson Center, Fifth floor, Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 24	6:00 p.m., Graham Allison, Harvard University, "50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis." George Washington University, Seventh Floor, City View Room, 1957 E St., NW, Suite 401, Washington. RSVP online.
Oct. 24	United Nations Day.
Oct. 27	9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Cold War Museum, "Cold War Conversations: The Cuban Missile Crisis: 50 Years Later, with seven speakers. George Mason University, Harris Theater, 4400 University Dr., MS 2F5, Fairfax, VA. RSVP online.
Oct. 27	3:15-5:00 p.m., David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and Douglas Roche, former Chair, U.N. General Assembly's Disarmament Committee, "Outlawing Nuclear Weapons: Time for a New International Treaty?" Part of theInternational Law Weekend 2012, Fordham Law School, 140 W. 62th St., Room 302, New York. Register online.
Oct. 30	6:30 p.m., Bruce Bennett, RAND, "Deterrence and North Korea." RAND, 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA. RSVP online.
Oct. 30	National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers.
Oct.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.
Oct. or Nov.	United States and Israel hold a joint missile defense exercise, "Austere Challenge 12." Israel and Germany.
Nov. 1	12:15-1:30 p.m., Yun Claudia He, Fulbright Fellow, "Extended Deterrence in the Asia Pacific," University of Maryland. 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD.
Nov. 1	Defense Department submits to Congress a report on the military power of the North Korea (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1236).
Nov. 1	60th anniversary of the "Ivy Mike" nuclear test, the first hydrogen bomb test. Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Nov. 1-3	Wilton Park, "The Future of Global Markets for Sensitive Nuclear Fuel Cycle Services: Connecting Supply and Non-Proliferation Objectives," with 22 speakers. Wilton Park, Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex. BN44 3DZ. Register by[email protected]" title="Susan Bruce">email.
Nov. 5	7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Virginia Tech, "Nuclear Regimes: Future Outlook," with 22 speakers. 900 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, VA. RSVP online.
Nov. 6	U.S. Election Day.
Nov. 9	9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Federation of American Scientists, Symposium on Preventing Catastrophic Threats. National Press Club, Ballroom, 529 14th St., NW, Washington
Nov. 12	Veterans Day observed (federal holiday).
Nov. 12-14	Global Zero, Student Institute, at Chateau du Lac, Ave. du Lac, Genval, Belgium. Apply by Oct. 7 by [email protected]" title="Global Zero Application">email.
Nov. 12-23	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "Around the Globe and Around the Clock: The Science and Technology of the CTBT." Vienna International Centre, Vienna. Course presented in person and webcast. RSVP online.
Nov. 13	Congress returns for a lame-duck session.
Nov. 14	Time TBA, U.S. Air Force test launches a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, toward the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Central Pacific Ocean.
Nov. 15-18	Friends Committee on National Legislation lobby day (Nov. 16) and annual meeting (Nov. 15-18). Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington. Register online.
Nov. 17	10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Rick Wayman, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and four other speakers, "Nuclear Abolition Conference," sponsored by Student Movement for Nuclear Disarmament. Soka University of America, One University Dr., Aliso Viejo, CA. RSVP by [email protected]" title="Soka Email">email.
Nov. 17-26	House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (The Senate has not announced the dates for its Thanksgiving recess.)
Nov. 19	University of London, Conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone. University of London, Brunei Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, London. RSVP online.
Nov. 22	Thanksgiving (holiday).
Nov. 26	Office of Management and Budget returns amended budget requests to federal departments for fiscal year 2014, known as budget passbacks (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4.
Nov. 26-30	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands.
Nov. 27-28	Dutch Foreign Ministry, preparatory meeting for the third Nuclear Security Summit (to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, April 2014). Istanbul.
Nov. 29	9:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, "Doomsday Clock Symposium." Sheraton Hotel, 1201 K St., NW, Washington. By invitation only.
Nov. 29	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria.
Nov. 30	Noon, Etel Solingen, University of California, "Sanctions and Nonproliferation," Elliott School of International Affairs. Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Nov.	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 3254, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rear Adm. James Syring to be the Missile Defense Agency director (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Nov. or Dec.	House of Representatives floor action on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, H.R. 5987. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, markup of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act. S. 3300 (estimate). 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Nov. or Dec.	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Rose Gottemoeller to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (estimate). 419 Dickson Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Nov. or Dec.	Obama administration completes the Nuclear Posture Review Implementation Study (estimate).
Nov. or Dec.	President Obama submits to Congress a plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 1043) (delayed; was due Feb. 13).
Nov. or Dec.	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual nuclear stockpile stewardship and management plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a biannual modernization and refurbishment plan for the nuclear security complex (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523a) (delayed; was due May 1).
Dec. 4-6	Nuclear Regulatory Commission, International Regulators Conference on Nuclear Security. Rockville, MD. Register by Nov. 9 online.
Dec. 5	Noon, Alex Wellerstein, American Institute of Physics, "The History of Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Proliferation," Elliott School of International Affairs. Room 505, 1957 E St., NW, Washington. RSVP online.
Dec. 6	3:30-5:00 p.m., Lynn Eden, Center for International Security and Cooperation, "The Threat that Leaves Nothing to Chance: A Narrative Approach to Nuclear War." Reuben W. Hills Conference Room, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., 2nd floor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Dec. 7-10	House of Representatives Hanukkah recess. (The Senate has not scheduled its Hanukkah recess yet.)
Dec. 8	25th anniversary of the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Washington.
Dec. 8	Hanukkah begins at sundown. Through Dec. 16.
Dec. 10-14	Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva.
Dec. 10-14	Wilton Park, "The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Laying the Groundwork for the 2015 Review Conference," with speakers TBA. Wilton Park, Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex, United Kingdom. Register by [email protected]" title="Jackie Roberts">email.
Dec. 10-14	Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, "Intensive Course on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament for Diplomats." Andromeda Tower, Floor 13, Donau-City-Strasse 6, Vienna. Apply by Oct. 22 by [email protected]" title="VCDNP Email">email.
Dec. 13	Connect U.S. Fund, foreign policy community-wide meeting. Location TBA, Washington.
Dec. 17-19	Conference on a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction(tentative). Helsinki.
Dec. 19	South Korean presidential election.
Dec. 25	Christmas (holiday).
Dec.	Missile Defense Agency tests a Ground-based Interceptor 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, Central Pacific Ocean.
Dec.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for the site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada National Security Site.
Dec.	Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarineAlexander Nevsky.
Dec.	Israel Aerospace Industries test launches its Arrow 3 missile for Israel's missile defense system. Palmachim Air Force Base, Israel.
2013
Jan. 1	New Year's Day (holiday).
Jan. 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the status of nuclear materials protection, control and accounting programs in Russia and other countries (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2563).
Jan. 2	Office of Management and Budget imposes $109 billion in across-the-board cuts, or sequestration, in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2013, including $55 billion in defense spending, under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (27 U.S. Code Sec. 900) (possible).
Jan. 8	Congress convenes (estimate).
Jan. 20	Noon, President takes the oath of office. Capitol Building, Washington, (The inaugural address and parade will be on Jan. 21.)
Jan. 21	Noon, Presidential inaugural address and parade. Washington.
Jan. 21	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday).
Jan. 21	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 begins (estimate). Through March 29. Geneva.
Jan. 30	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367).
Jan. 31	President submits to Congress an annual report on a plan to secure nuclear weapons, material and expertise in the former Soviet Union (22 U.S. Code Sec. 5952 note).
Jan. 31	President submits to the Senate an annual report on the implementation of the New START Treaty (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(10)).
Jan.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
Late-Jan. or early Feb.	9:00 p.m. EST, President gives the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Capitol Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and webcast on the White House website.
Feb. 1	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual 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 Director of National Intelligence website.
Feb. 4	~11:00 a.m., Office of Management and Budget releases the annual federal budget request to Congress (estimate). Posted on the Office of Management and Budget website.
Feb. 4	~1:30 p.m., Energy Secretary presents the Energy Department budget (estimate). Energy Department, Large Auditorium, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington. Posted on the Energy Department website.
Feb. 4	Defense Department and Energy Department submit to Congress an updated, annual 10-year plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex and delivery platforms (Public Law 111-84, Sec. 1251).
Feb. 5	President submits to the Senate an annual report on the status of negotiations with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons (New START Treaty, Resolution of Advice and Consent, Sec. (a)(12)(B)).
Feb. 15	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the effectiveness of the ballistic missile defense system (10 U.S. Code Sec. 2431 note).
Feb. 15	Missile Defense Agency submits to Congress an annual report on acquisition baselines (10 U.S. Code Sec. 225).
Feb. 15	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on the mixed oxide (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2566).
Feb. 18	Presidents Day (federal holiday).
Feb. 18	U.S.-Russian "Megatons to Megawatts" agreement, managed by USEC, expires.
Feb. 19-22	ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, "Nuclear Deterrence Summit." Renaissance Capital View Hotel, 2800 S. Potomac Ave., Arlington, VA.
Feb. 26	Transform Now Plowshares activists go on trial for trespass at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant at Oak Ridge, TN. U.S. District Count for Eastern Tennessee, U.S. Courthouse, 800 Market St., Suite 130, Knoxville, TN.
Feb.	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for the Sandia National Laboratories, CA and NM.
March 1	Defense Department submits to Congress an annual report on the military power of China (10 U.S. Code Sec. 113 note). Previous reports are posted on theDefense Department website.
March 2-3	Norwegian government sponsors an international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. Oslo.
March 3-5	American Israel Public Affairs Committee, annual policy conference. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington.
March 4-8	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
March 6	10th anniversary of the ratification of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty(SORT), or Moscow Treaty, by the Senate on a vote of 95-0. The treaty reduced the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals from 6,000 deployed strategic nuclear weapons to 2,200 each.
March 16	25th anniversary of 5,000 civilian Kurds being killed in Iraqi chemical weapons attacks. Halabjah, Iraq.
March 23	30th anniversary of President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech.
March 25	Passover begins at sundown.
March 27	Continuing Resolution for unfinished appropriation bills for fiscal year 2013 expires.
March 29	Good Friday.
March 29	Conference on Disarmament first session for 2013 ends (estimate). Geneva.
March 31	Easter.
March 31	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual report on its plutonium "pit" production plan (Senate Report 108-105, p. 110).
April 2	Kansas City, MO, vote on a citizen’s initiative to bar city financing for nuclear weapons facilities.
April 5	Fourth anniversary of President Obama's Prague speech on nuclear weapons.
April 5-8	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. DoubleTree Crystal City-National Airport Hotel, Arlington, VA (April 5-7), and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St., NE, Washington (April 8).
April 8-9	Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington.
April 9	National Day of Nuclear Technology (date is an estimate). Iran.
April 11	50th anniversary of the encyclical letter Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII, which called for an end to the nuclear arms race.
April 12	Director of National Intelligence submits to Congress an annual report on Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2367 note).
April 15	State Department submits to Congress an annual report on arms control compliance (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2593a(a)). Previous reports are posted on theState Department website.
April 22-May 3	Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 review conference. Geneva.
April	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the record of decision for theSurplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC.
April	Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and UAE) meeting. The Hague.
May 1	Defense Department submits to Congress a biannual report on counterproliferation programs (22 U.S. Code Sec. 2751 note). Previous reports are posted on theDefense Department website.
May 1	National Nuclear Security Administration submits to Congress an annual Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2523) and a biennial Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship Criteria and Assessment Report (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2522).
May 6-10	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
May 11	15th anniversary of the Indian nuclear test, "Pokhran II." Pokhran, Rajasthan, India.
May 27	Memorial Day (holiday).
May 28	15th anniversary of Pakistan's first nuclear test. Chagai Hills, Balochistan, Pakistan.
May	National Nuclear Security Administration issues the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
May-June	President attends the G-8 summit. City TBA, United Kingdom.
June 1	25th anniversary of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty entering into force.
June 3-7	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
June 10	50th anniversary of President Kennedy's commencement address at American University, where he called for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Washington.
June 10	20th anniversary of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell's commencement speech at Harvard University where he said, "And today, I can declare my hope, declare it from the bottom of my heart, that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place."
June 24	65th anniversary of beginning of the Berlin Blockade.
June 30	U.S.-Russian umbrella agreement for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) Program expires.
June	National Nuclear Security Administration issues a record of decisionSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Production of Tritium in a Commercial Light Water Reactor.
June	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, "CTBT Science, Technology and Innovation 2013," international scientific conference. Vienna.
June	Iranian presidential election.
July 3	20th anniversary of President Clinton's announcement that he would extend the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday).
July 10	Ramadan begins at sundown.
July 16	Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
Aug. 5	50th anniversary of the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and United States. Moscow.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Aug. 9	Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing.
Aug. 29	International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
Aug. 30	Japanese parliamentary elections (or earlier).
Aug.	Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva.
Sept. 2	Labor Day (holiday).
Sept. 4	Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown.
Sept. 9	Federal agencies submit their initial budgets to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2015 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 3.
Sept. 9-13	International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna.
Sept. 11	Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Sept. 13	Yom Kippur begins at sundown.
Sept. 16-20	International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna.
Sept. 21	International Day of Peace.
Sept. 24	50th anniversary of Senate ratification of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by a vote of 80 to 19.
Sept.	Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference). Vienna.
Fall	German Federal Assembly or Bundestag elections (or earlier).
Oct. 1	Federal budget year begins.

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