Nuclear Calendar: February 26 - March 12 , 2007

Feb. 26	9:00 a.m., Friends Committee on National Legislation, "Press Conference of U.S. Religious Leaders Return from Six Day Visit With Iranian Religious, Government Leaders," National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington
Feb. 26	U.S., British, Chinese, French, German, and Russian officials meet to discuss possible new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. London
Week of Feb. 26	Senate floor action on "Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007," S. 4. Sen. Joe Biden (DE) is expected to offer a nuclear nonproliferation amendment to the bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Week of Feb. 26 or March 2	Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration announce a design for the "Reliable" Replacement Warhead (possible).
Feb. 27	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on "current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States" with John McConnell, Director, National Intelligence; Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; and Thomas Fingar, Chairman, National Intelligence Council. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
Feb. 27	2:30 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, hearings on the supplemental appropriations with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
Feb. 27	2:30-4:00 p.m., Seminar with Robert Joseph, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Harvard University, Belfer Center Library, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA. RSVP by email or at (617) 495-3745.
Feb. 28	10:30 a.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, hearing the Defense Department budget with Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
Feb. 28	1:30 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on North Korea with Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 1	5:30-7:30 p.m., Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center, "Dialogue With Iran?" George Washington University, 1957 E St., N.W., Room 602, Washington. RSVP by email.
March 1	Energy Department and Defense Department submit a report to Congress on the Reliable Replacement Weapon (Public Law 109-163, Sec. 3111).
March 1-6	Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte travels to Japan, China, and South Korea.
March 2	Noon-2:00 p.m., Center for American Progress, "Can We Contain and Engage Iran?" with Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center; Jacqueline Shire, Institute for Science and International Security; Karim Sadjadpour, International Crisis Group; and Andrew Grotto, Center for American Progress. 1333 H St. N.W., 10th Floor, Washington. RSVP online.
March 2	North Korean Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kim Kye-gwan meets with Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (estimate). New York
March 5-9	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Week of March 5	House Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill (estimate)
March 9-12	Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, VA (March 9-11) and Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington (March 12). Register online.
Week of March 12	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution (tentative)
Week of March 12	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution (tentative)
Week of March 12	Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency director general, meets with North Korean officials on its nuclear program. Pyongyang, North Korea