Nuclear Calendar - April 30 - May 21, 2007

April 30-May 1	Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shanker Menon meets with Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns to continue negotiations on the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement. Washington
April 30-May 11	PrepCom for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in 2010. Vienna, Austria
May 1	Time TBA, President Bush vetoes the supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 1591. Broadcast on CNN.
May 2	1:00 p.m., 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. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
May 3	8:00-9:00 a.m., Rep. Trent Franks (AZ), "America's Vulnerabilities and the Common Defense." Sponsored by NDU Foundation. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
May 3	1:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and Subcommittee on Europe, joint hearing on "Do the United States and Europe Need a Missile Defense System?" with Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, and John Rood, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
May 3-4	Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attends a regional meeting on Iraq. There may be bilateral U.S.-Iranian talks. Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
May 6	French presidential election, second round
Week of May 7	European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani continue negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
May 9	Time TBA, House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, H.R. 1585, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
May 12	Interfaith Peace Walk, "Towards a Nuclear Free Future" begins. Walk starts in Dublin, Ireland and ends in London on Aug. 6.
Week of May 14	House floor action on the defense authorization bill, H.R. 1585, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of May 14 or 21	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate). 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
May 14-June 29	Conference on Disarmament, second session. Geneva