8:00-9:00 a.m., Maj. Gen. William Chambers, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Force, "Strategic Modernization Challenges." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. At the Reserve Officers Association, One Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online.
May 24
9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, finishes markup of the defense authorization bill, S. 2467, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. 222 Russell Senate Office, Washington (closed).
May 24
10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the State, foreign operations appropriations bill. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
May 24
12:30-1:30 p.m., Walter Pincus, Washington Post, "Nukes, Missiles and the Truth." American Security Project, 1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 710W, Conference Room E, Washington. RSVP by May 21 by email.
May 24
2:00-3:00 p.m., P.J. Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; George Perkovich, Carnegie Endowment; Bijan Khajehpour, Atieh International; and Aaron David Miller, Wilson Center, "The Day After Baghdad: Assessing the Iran Nuclear Talks." Sponsored by the National Iranian American Council. 101 Constitution Ave., NW, Capitol View Conference Room, Seventh Floor, Washington. RSVP online.
May 24
3:30-5:00 p.m., Alexandre Debs, Yale University, and Nuno Monteiro, Yale University, "The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Proliferation." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Palo Alto, CA.
May 24
10th anniversary of the signing of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), or Moscow Treaty, by President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow. The treaty reduced the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals from 6,000 deployed strategic nuclear weapons to 2,200 each.
May 25
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Larry Welch (retired), former Air Force Chief of Staff, "ICBM and Nuclear Deterrence." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
May 26-June 3
Senate Memorial Day recess.
May 28
Memorial Day (holiday).
Week of May 29 or June 4
House of Representatives floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 5325, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
May 30
6:00-8:00 p.m., Steven David, Johns Hopkins University, "Iran's Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. At Marriott Residence Inn, 550 Army-Navy Dr., Arlington, VA. RSVP online.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attends the Asia Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue). Singapore. He will meet with Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the margins of the conference to discus North Korea's nuclear program.
9:00-10:30 a.m., Lt. Gen. Dirk Jameson (retired.), former Deputy Commander in Chief,U.S. Strategic Command; Jon Wolfsthal, former member of the National Security Staff;and Trine Flockhart, Danish Institute for International Studies, "Next Phase of U.S.-Russian Nuclear Reductions." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register by May 28 online.
June 4
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation; David Hoffman, author of The Dead Hand; Daniel Kostoval, Czech Foreign Affairs Ministry; and other speakers, "Generation Prague: Learning form the Past--Confronting New Security Challenges." State Department East Auditorium, George Marshall Conference Center, 21st St., NW, between C St. and Virginia Ave., Washington. RSVP by email.
June 4
10:30 a.m.,-noon, Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian nuclear envoy; and Tarja Cronberg, chair of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Iran, "Preventing a Nuclear-Armed Iran ." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register by May 28 online.
June 4
Noon, Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, keynote lunch address." Part of the Arms Control Association annual meeting. At the Carnegie Endowment, Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington. Register by May 28 online.
10:00 a.m.-noon, John Holdren, Director, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy; Andrew Brown, author of Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience; Matthew Evangelista, author of Unarmed Forces; and Steven Miller, Harvard University, "Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences." Sponsored by the Atomic Heritage Foundation and George Washington University. At George Washington University, 1957 E St., NW, Room 213, Washington. RSVP online.
2:00-3:00 p.m., Warren Stern, Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Homeland Security Department, "Capitol Hill Briefing: Revolution in Nuclear Detection Affairs." Sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists. SVC-203 Capitol Visitors Center, Washington. RSVP to Katie Colten by email or at (202) 454-4694.
June 6
8:00-9:00 a.m., Christopher Ford, Hudson Institute, "Verification of Nuclear Agreements," and Jeff Klinger, "North Korean Denuclearization." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 6
1:00-4:00 p.m., Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, National Security Forum, with speakers TBA. U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC-208, Washington. Register online.
June 6
6:00-8:00 p.m., Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, 50th Anniversary Celebration, with Vice President Joe Biden and other speakers. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington. Register online.
June 7
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Michael Turner (OH), "HASC Perspectives on Strategic Issues." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 8
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Tom McInerney (retired) and Clare Lopez, "Iran and Terrorism: Material Support from Kohobar Towers to 9/11 and Beyond." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 9-17
House of Representatives recess.
June 10
French National Assembly elections, first round.
June 12
8:00-9:00 a.m., Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, "Middle East Challenges, Iran and U.S. Security." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 12
Arizona special election to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8).
June 12
30th anniversary of a demonstration by one million people in support of the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament. Central Park, New York.
June 13
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 Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen Jeff Sessions (AL), "Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense and Proliferation Threats." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
8:00-9:00 a.m., Uzi Rubin, former Israeli Ministry of Defense, "Missile Defense and Missile Threats: Middle East Developments." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
8:00-9:00 a.m., Linton Brooks, former Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Next Steps in U.S.-Russian Arms Control," and Frank Miller, former National Security Council staff, "U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Strategy " Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
June 28
Sanctions go into effect against any foreign country or company that purchases petroleum products from Iran from this date on (22 U.S. Code Sec. 8513a).
June 28
U.S. Navy and U.S. Strategic Command submit to Congress a report on the replacement of the Ohio-class ballistic submarine (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 242).
June 28
Energy Secretary submits to Congress a plan to prevent the proliferation of nuclear and radiological weapons (Public Law 112-81, Sec. 3122).
8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz (retired), Council on Foreign Relations, "Strategic Perspectives." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
House of Representatives floor action on the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
June
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June
Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the defense appropriations bill (estimate). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June
Senate Armed Services Committee, votes on the nominations of James Miller to be Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Kathleen Hicks to be Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and Derek Chollet to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (estimates). Room TBA, Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Obama (estimate). White House, Washington.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Joseph Macmanus to be ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (estimate). 419 Dickson Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June or July
Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, S. 2465, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
President Obama submits to Congress a report on how the administration plans to address the shortfall in the appropriations for fiscal year 2012 to meet the 10-year modernization plan for the nuclear weapons complex, required by Condition 9 of the New START Treaty (estimate).
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).
Summer or fall
Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 2467, which includes the nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
July 4
Independence Day (holiday).
July 6
50th anniversary of "Storax Sedan," an underground nuclear test conducted at the Nevada Test Site, now the Nevada National Security Site. The radioactive fallout from the test contaminated more U.S. residents than any other nuclear test and the Sedan Crater is the largest artificial crater in the United States.
July 10
8:00-9:00 a.m., Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, "Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Sustainment." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 11
8:00-9:00 a.m., Barry Blechman, Stimson Center, "Iran Security Challenges." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 12
8:00-9:00 a.m., Gen. Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, "Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense and Defense Policy." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club. Reserve Officers Club, 1 Constitution Ave., NE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 13
8:00-9:00 a.m., Lt. Gen. Richard Formica, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, "Theater and Global Tiered Missile Defense." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 16
Anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM.
8:00-9:00 a.m., David Tractenberg, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, "Security Challenges for a New Administration." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
July 20
8:00-9:00 a.m., Rear Adm. Terry Benedict, Director, Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, "The Trident and Its Contribution to Deterrence." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
8:00-9:00 a.m., Steve Henry, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters, "Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Defense." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
President Obama submits to Congress an annual Global Nuclear Security report 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 to Congress a biennial report on nuclear aspirations of non-state entities and nuclear weapons in countries not party to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (50 U.S. Code Sec. 2371).
Time TBA, President Obama gives his presidential acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, NC. Broadcast on most TV networks.
Sept. 10
Federal departments submit their initial budget requests to the Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2014 (estimate). Final budgets will be submitted to Congress on Feb. 4.
8:00-9:00 a.m., John Foster, former director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, "Nukes, Missile Defense and U.S. Security." Part of the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., SE, Washington. RSVP online.
Sept. 11
Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
20th anniversary of Senate ratification of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on a vote of 93-6. The treaty reduced the U.S. and Soviet Union nuclear arsenals from over 10,000 deployed strategic warheads to 6,000 each.
House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess. (The Senate has not announced the dates for its Thanksgiving recess.)
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.
Russian navy test launches the Bulava ballistic missile from the submarine Alexander Nevsky.
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.
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)).
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, video webcast and audio webcast on C-SPAN, broadcast on other networks and video 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).
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.
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).
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).
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."
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