FCNL Nuclear Calendar 022805

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Nuclear Calendar

 

Feb. 28 International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna,

Austria, Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda.

 

March 1 10 a.m., Senate Budget Committee, hearing on the defense budget with

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Undersecretary of Defense Tina

Jonas. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on

CapitolHearings.org.

 

March 1 6-7 p.m., World Policy Institute at the New School, showing of Nuclear

Terrorism: Is the World Safer, " a one-hour documentary, followed by a discussion

with Tom Selinski, the filmmaker. Wolff Conference Room, 65 Fifth Ave., Second

Floor, New York. RSVP to wpi or (212) 229-5808, ext. 101.

 

March 1 6:30-8:30 p.m., World Affairs Council of Washington, " The Challenge of

Iran " with Shaul Bakhash, George Mason University; Wolfgang Ischinger, German

Ambassador to the U.S., and Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations. Rosslyn

Spectrum Theater 1611 N. Kent St., Rosslyn, VA

 

March 1 Defense Department and Energy Department submit to Congress a strategic

nuclear force structure plan (Public Law 107-314, Sec. 1031).

 

March 1 Fifth anniversary of the National Nuclear Security Administration of the

Energy Department

 

March 2 2 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing

on the Energy Department budget with Linton Brooks, National Nuclear Security

Administration administrator, and Paul Golan, Principal Deputy Assistant

Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management. 2118 Rayburn House Office

Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee web site.

 

March 3 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the Air Force

budget (and other topics) with acting Air Force Secretary Peter Teets (and other

witnesses). 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on

CapitolHearings.org.

 

March 3 9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, markup of the Foreign

Relations Authorization Act, FY 2006 and 2007. 419 Dirksen Senate Office

Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.

 

March 3 10 a.m., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, hearing on the

Energy Department budget with Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. 366 Dirksen Senate

Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee web site and on

CapitolHearings.org.

 

March 3 Noon-2 p.m., Carnegie Endowment, release of Universal Compliance: A

Strategy for Nuclear Security. Root Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.,

Washington. RSVP by March 1 to Jane Vaynman at jvaynman or

(202) 939-2296. Webcast on the Carnegie web site.

 

March 3 12:30-1:45 p.m., Ayesha Siddiqa, Woodrow Wilson Center, " Undressing the

Pakistani Military. " George Washington University, 1957 E St., Suite 503, N.W.,

Washington. RSVP by March 1 to gsigur .

 

March 3 3-4 p.m., Dean Cheng, CNA Corporation, " Chinese Military Space Program. "

Stimson Center, 11 Dupont Circle, N.W., Ninth Floor, Washington. RSVP to Michael

Katz-Hyman at mkatzhyman or (202) 223-5956, ext. 3472.

 

March 3 7-8:30 p.m., and Frances FitzGerald, " The Deepening

Shadow: The U.S. at War in the Nuclear Age. " Sponsored by New School University

and The Nation, 55 W. 13th St., Second Floor, New York. RSVP ($10, students

free) online or at (866) 468-7619.

 

March 4 10 a.m., Heritage Foundation, " Asia 2005: The View from Capitol Hill "

with Mark Lippert, Senate Appropriations Committee; Manisha Singh, Senate

Foreign Relations Committee; Dennis Halpin, House International Relations

Committee; and Peter Yeo, House International Relations Committee. 214

Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Washington. RSVP online. Webcast on the Heritage web

site.

 

March 4 12:00-1:30 p.m., Stephen Walt, Harvard University, " The Global Response

to U.S. Primacy: Implications for Nonproliferation. " Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300

Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP to dis.

 

March 5 35th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entering into

force

Week of March 7 House Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental

appropriations bill (estimate). Not webcast

 

Week of March 7 House and Senate Budget Committees, markup of the budget

resolution (tentative)

 

March 8 9 a.m.-noon, Woodrow Wilson Center, " Renewing NORAD " with six speakers.

At the Woodrow Wilson Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Fifth Floor

Conference Room, Washington, and the Munk Centre for International Studies,

Toronto. Webcast on the Wilson Center web site.

 

March 8 Special primary election for California 5th Congressional District, to

replace former Rep. Bob Matsui

 

March 9 10 a.m., House Appropriations on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy

Department budget with Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. 2362B Rayburn House

Office Building, Washington. Not webcast

 

March 9 12:30 p.m., former Sen. Sam Nunn, Nuclear Threat Initiative. Luncheon

speech. National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington. RSVP ($35,

$16 students) to reservations. Broadcast and webcast on National

Public Radio.

 

March 10 10 a.m., House Appropriations on Energy and Water, hearing on the

Energy Department's nuclear weapons and nonproliferation budgets with National

Nuclear Security Administration administrator Linton Brooks. 2362B Rayburn House

Office Building, Washington (closed)

 

March 11-14 Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice. Doubletree

Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, VA

 

March 12-May 1 International Peace Walk from the Oak Ridge Y-12 plant, TN to the

United Nations

 

March 14-16 Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission meeting. New Delhi, India

 

Week of March 14 House and Senate floor action on the budget resolution

(tentative)

 

Week of March 14 House floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill

(estimate)

 

Week of March 14 Britain, France, and Germany continue talks with Iran on

limiting its nuclear program. Paris (estimate)

 

 

 

 

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