North Carolina Peace Action

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Nuclear Calendar October 1 - 19, 2007

SENATE ON RECESS OCT. 6 - 14
HOUSE OCT. 6 - 8


Nuclear Calendar October 1 - 19 . 2007

Sept. 30-Oct. 2 WiLL/WAND National Conference, "Women at the Table of Power." Washington Court Hotel, Washington
Oct. 1 Federal budget year begins.
Oct. 1 Senate completes floor action on the defense authorization bill, S. 1547, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Oct. 2 15th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear testing moratorium (Sec. 507, Public Law 102-377)
Oct. 2-? Senate floor action on the defense appropriations bill, H.R. 3222. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
Oct. 4-13 Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Keep Space for Peace Week
Oct. 6 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Joni Arends, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety; David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation; Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center; and Mark Peceny, University of New Mexico, "Workshop on Nuclear Weapons, Power, and Waste." New Mexico Conference of Churches and the National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger, Monte Vista Christian Church, 3501 Campus Blvd., N.E., Albuquerque, NM. RSVP to Holly Beaumont by email.
Oct. 6-8 House of Representatives Columbus Day recess
Oct. 6-14 Senate Columbus Day recess
Oct. 8 Columbus Day (federal holiday)
Oct. 8-12 International Atomic Energy Agency director general Mohamed ElBaradei meets with Indian officials in India.
Oct. 8-Nov. 2 UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations
Oct. 9-10 Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation John Rood and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak continue discussions on the proposed U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and Czech Republic. Moscow
Oct. 11 1:15-2:45 p.m., Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, "Security Through a Nuclear Weapon-Free World." United Nations, Conference Room 4, New York
Oct. 12 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to discuss the proposed U.S. missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. Moscow
Oct. 12 Nobel Peace Prize announced (estimate). Oslo, Norway
Oct. 14 Time TBA, Republican presidential debate. Manchester, NH. Broadcast on ABC.
Oct. 15-19 Homeland Security Department conducts Top Officials 4, or "TOPOFF 4," counterterrorism exercise. Arizona, Oregon, and Guam