Nuclear Calendar

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Nuclear Calendar

 

Week of Jan. 3President Bush names a new Homeland Security Secretary and NASA

director (possible). (Former Missile Defense Agency director Lt. Gen. Ronald

Kadish is a leading candidate for NASA.)Week of Jan. 3Britain, France, and

Germany continue talks with Iran on limiting its nuclear program (estimate).

Tehran, IranJan. 411:45 a.m., Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Russian

Federal Atomic Energy Agency director Aleksandr Rumyantsev discuss U.S.-Russia

nonproliferation programs. Marriott Hotel County Hall, LondonJan. 4Noon,

Congress convenes.Jan. 5House Republican Steering Committee selects the chairman

of the House Appropriations Committee. Reps. Jerry Lewis (CA), Ralph Regula

(OH), and Harold Rogers (KY) are seeking the post.Jan. 5-23House and Senate

recessJan. 12Noon, Ted Galen Carpenter and Doug Bandow, Cato Institute, The

Korean Conundrum: America's Troubled Relations with North and South Korea, book

launch. Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP by

noon, Jan. 11 online or to events. Webcast on the Cato web site.Jan.

17Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal holiday)Jan. 189 a.m., Senate Foreign

Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of Condoleeza Rice to be

Secretary of State. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Broadcast and

webcast on C-SPAN or C-SPAN2, and webcast on CapitolHearings.org.Jan. 199 a.m.,

Senate Foreign Relations Committee, continued hearing on the nomination of

Condoleeza Rice to be Secretary of State, followed by a confirmation vote. 216

Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN or

C-SPAN2, and webcast on CapitolHearings.org.Jan. 192:30 p.m., Senate Energy and

Natural Resources Committee, hearing on the nomination of Samuel Bodman to be

Energy Secretary. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Possibly broadcast and

webcast on one of the C-SPAN channels. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.Jan.

20Inauguration Day (federal holiday in Washington)Jan. 24-April

1Conference on Disarmament, first session. GenevaJan. 269:30 a.m., Senate

Energy and Natural Resources Committee, confirmation vote on Samuel Bodman to be

Energy Secretary. 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Webcast on

CapitolHearings.org. Jan. 31President reports to Congress on a plan to

coordinate and integrate nonproliferation activities (Public Law 107-314, Sec.

1205). (Annual report. The report for 2004 was due Jan. 31, 2004 and is

overdue.)Jan. 31National Nuclear Security Administration reports to Congress on

the requirements for the Modern Pit Facility (Public Law 108-375, Sec.

3111).Jan. 31-Feb. 2Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission meeting. Cairo,

EgyptJan. 31-Feb. 4International Atomic Energy Agency, Forum on Experience of

Possible Relevance to the Creation of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (NWFZ) in the

Middle East. Vienna, AustriaLate Jan.Six-party (China, Japan, North Korea,

Russia, South Korea, and United States) talks on North Korea's nuclear program

(possible).

BeijingFeb. 29 p.m. EST, President Bush delivers the State of the Union address

to Congress.Feb. 39:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Arms Control Association, panel discussion

on strengthening the nonproliferation system and luncheon address by Rep. David

Hobson ® (invited). At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.,

Washington. RSVP by Jan. 17 to ACA at (202) 463-8270, ext. 105.

 

 

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