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April 16, 2007

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April 16-20	Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary meeting. Cape Town, South Africa. The U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement is not on the formal agenda.
Week of April 16	House-Senate conference committee begins on the budget resolution, H.Con.Res 99 and S.Con.Res. 21.
Week of April 16	House-Senate conference committee completes the supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 1591 (estimate).
Week of April 16	North Korea begins shutting down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor under the six-party agreement (possible)..
April 17	9:30- 11:00 a.m., Houston Wood, University of Virginia, "From Charlottesville to Natanz: The Journey of the Gas Centrifuge." Harvard University, Belfer Center Library,79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
April 17	Noon-1:30 p.m., Bekhzod Yuldashev, Stanford University, "Nonproliferation Activities in Uzbekistan: Status and Perspectives." Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Stanford, CA
April 17	1:30-3:00 p.m., Tracey McNamara, Veterinary Pathologist, "Continued Gaps in Biosurveillance: Have the Lessons of West Nile Virus been Learned?" Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St. N.W., Room B1-B, Washington. RSVP by email.
April 17	5:30-10:00 p.m, Energy Department, public meeting on glassification of surplus plutonium at the Savannah River Site. Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry St., S.W., Aiken, SC
April 18	2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, joint hearing on "Isolating Proliferators and Sponsors of Terror: The Use of Sanctions and the International Financial System to Change Regime Behavior," with six witnesses. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
April 18	2:30 p.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, National Nuclear Security Administration. 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
April 18	6:45 p.m., Keith Luse, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "The United States and the Korean Peninsula: A View From the Hill." Sponsored by the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Sejong Society. At SAIS, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Room 500, Washington. RSVP to the Sejong Society by email.
April 19	8:00-9:00 a.m., Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ), "Space, Nuclear Deterrence, and Missile Defense." Sponsored by NDU Foundation. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 19	9:00-10:30 a.m., Sidney Drell, Stanford University; Steve Fetter, Maryland University; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Weapons Complex and the Reliable Replacement Warhead," sponsored by the Arms Control Association. Old Ebbitt Grill, 675 15th St., N.W., Washington. RSVP to Wade Boese at (202) 463-8270, ext. 104.
April 19	1:15-2:30 p.m., Kay Mereish, UNMOVIC (UN Monitoring and Verification and Inspection Commission), "Technical Advances and Field Experiences for Use in Biological Verification." Sponsored by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security. United Nations, Conference Room 5, New York
April 19	2:30 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on "Military Space Programs," with five witnesses. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
April 19	3:30-5:00 p.m., Pavel Podvig, Stanford University, "Did 'Star Wars' Win the Cold War? Evidence from Newly Discovered Soviet Documents." Stanford University, Encina Hall, Hills Conference Room, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Stanford, CA
April 19	5:30-10:00 p.m., Energy Department, public meeting on glassification of surplus plutonium at the Savannah River Site. Columbia Marriott Hotel, 1200 Hampton St., Columbia, SC
April 19	NATO and Russia discuss the U.S. proposal to develop a missile defense system in Europe. Brussels, Belgium
April 20	8:00-9:00 a.m., former Rep. Curt Weldon (PA), "Getting Serious about World War IV." Sponsored by NDU Foundation. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
April 21	8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Multiple speakers, Think Outside the Bomb youth conference. American University, Kay Chapel, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington
April 22	Earth Day
April 22	French presidential election, first round
April 22-25	Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, DC Days. Washington
April 23	3:00-5:00 p.m., George Mason University, "Restructuring the Relationship: A Roundtable Discussion on Averting Armed Conflict Between the U.S. and Iran," with Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (MD); Rep. Jim Moran (VA); Joseph Montville, George Mason University; and Jake Colvin, USA Engage, National Foreign Trade Council. National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, 529 14th St. N.W., 13th Floor, Washington. RSVP by email.
Week of April 23	House and Senate floor action on the conference report on the supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 1591 (estimate).
April 24	11:00 a.m., Bruce Tarter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, report release, "The Role of the Reliable Replacement Warhead." Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2112 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington
April 24	10th anniversary of Senate ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention
April 26	Noon-2:00 p.m., Steve Biegun, Ford Motor Co., and Jon Wolfsthal, Center for Strategic and International Studies, "A Full-Court Press Against Nuclear Anarchy." Sponsored by the Stanley Foundation. At the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., N.W., Washington. RSVP by email.
April 26	12:15-2:00 p.m., Ron Smith, Waikato University, New Zealand, "The Terrorist Threat to Maritime Shipments of Nuclear Material." Monterey Institute, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 400 Pacific St., Monterey, CA. RSVP by email.
April 26-27	Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Bush in Washington (April 26) and Camp David, MD (April 27).
April 26-27	NATO informal foreign ministers meeting. Oslo, Norway
April 27	UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting ends. United Nations
April 29	10th anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention entering into force
Week of April 30 or May 7	House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup of its portion of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 1585, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative)
April 30-May 11	PrepCom for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2010. Vienna, Austria
April or May	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Michael Burns to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (estimate)
April or May	Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on the nomination of John Rood to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security (estimate)
April or May	Missile Defense Agency conducts an interceptor test of the ground-based missile defense system. Kodiak Island, AK and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA

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