North Carolina Peace Action

Nuclear Calendar October 1 - 19, 2007

2007-10-23T14:25:00.000-07:00

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

House and Senate Recess

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HOUSE AND SENATE BEGIN RECESS THIS SATURDAY , AUGUST 4 , AND REMAIN ON RECESS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3 .

Each member of Congress has a number of district offices. You can find their respective district office contact info for NC's Congressional delegation by going to their website . To find websites go to the home page of www.ncpeaceaction.org

Nuclear Calendar - July 30 - August 15, 2007

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July 29-30	British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with President Bush. Camp David, MD. Iran's nuclear program is on the agenda.
July 30	House floor action on the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, H.R. 2347, and on H.R. 957, to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
July 30	International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors visit the heavy water nuclear reactor under construction at Arak, Iran.
Week of July 30	Senate confirmation of Thomas D'Agostino as Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (possible)
Week of July 30	Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union negotiator Javier Solana continue talks on Iran's nuclear program. Tehran, Iran or Vienna, Austria
July 30-Sept. 14	Conference on Disarmament, third and final session for 2007. Geneva
July 31	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of Adm. Michael Mullen to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. James Cartwright to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
July 31	9:30 a.m., Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hearing on "Safeguarding the Atom: Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges," with Andrew Semmel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations; Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center; Fred McGoldrick, former Director of Nonproliferation and Export Policy, State Department; and Lawrence Scheinman, Monterrey Institute. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Aug. 1	Energy Department begins construction of a MOX (mixed oxide) fuel fabrication plant. Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC
Aug. 1	JASON group submits to Congress a summary report on the proposed Reliable Replacement Warhead. The report may be posted online.
Aug. 1 or 2	House floor action on the defense appropriations bill. Bill and report will first be posted on the House Rules Committee website. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.

Aug. 4-Sept. 3	House and Senate August recess
Aug. 6	7:30 p.m. EDT and other times, HBO, White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The broadcast schedule is online.
Aug. 6	Anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. A calendar of events is online.
Aug. 9	Anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing. A calendar of events is online.
Aug. 10-12	Pax Christi USA national conference. Seattle University, Seattle
Aug. 13-15	National Academy of Sciences, meeting on assessing and certifying the safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM and Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

2007 FALL AND WINTER CALENDAR

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August 10-30

“Occupation Project” protests at Congressional district offices, organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence http://vcnv.org/project/the-occupation-project

Sept. 14-21

Coordinated nonviolent actions in “hundreds of cities” organized by the Declaration of Peace http://declarationofpeace.org/

Sept. 15

ANSWER-organized national march and rally in DC

Oct. 5-6th

Green Festival, Washington DC, http://www.greenfestivals.org/

Oct. 4 - 13

Keep Space for Peace Week: International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space;

October 5-11

http://www.space4peace.org/

Oct. 19-21

Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C., http://www.globalizethis.org/

October 20-27

Regional protests organized by ANSWER

Oct. 21-23

No War, No Warming, “National Intervention”, http://nowarnowarming.org/index.php (Code Pink among organizers)

Oct. 27

Regional antiwar rallies organized by UFPJ in six cities (not sure yet which six) http://www.unitedforpeace.org/

Nov 6

Proposed National Day of Actions on No War, No Warming

Nov 19

School of America Watch, Fort Benning, GA, http://www.soaw.org/

Nuclear Calendar - June 25 - July 9 , 2007

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June 25	Polish officials continue negotiations on the U.S. missile defense base with Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation John Rood. Washington
June 25-26	Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference. Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington
Week of June 25	Senate begins but does not finish 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.
June 26	10:00 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, markup of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, H.R. 1400, and other bills. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June 26	12:15-1:4 p.m., Reinhard Butikofer, Green Party of Germany, and Steven Clemons, New America Foundation, "Does Europe Matter in the Debate on Iran?" At the Carnegie Endowment, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Root Room, Washington. RSVP online.
June 26	3:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
June 26	International Atomic Energy Agency begins negotiations with North Korea on inspecting the dismantlement of its Yongbyon nuclear reactor. Pyongyang, North Korea

June 27	Noon-1:30 p.m., New Mexico governor and presidential candidate Bill Richardson, "America's Role In The World." Sponsored by the Center for National Policy. Location TBA, Washington. RSVP online.
June 27	2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, joint hearing on "A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Wal-Mart: Out of Business or Under New Management?" with Mark Fitzpatrick, International Institute for Strategic Studies, and David Albright, Institute for Science and Strategic Studies. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June 27-July 1	US Social Forum. Atlanta
June 28	2:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.

June 29	8:00-9:00 a.m., Michael Pillsbury, "Office of the Secretary of Defense's Report on China Military Perspectives." Sponsored by NDU Foundation. Capitol Hill Club, 300 First St., S.E., Washington. RSVP to Elma Rhue by email.
June 29	Conference on Disarmament, second session ends. Geneva
June 30-July 8	House and Senate Independence Day recess. (House in recess through July 9.)
July 1-2	Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with President Bush. Kennebunkport, ME. Missile defense is on the agenda.
Week of July 2	North Korea begins shutting down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
July 4	Independence Day (holiday)
Week of July 9	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed)
Week of July 9	House debate on bill earmarks and final floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, H.R. 2641, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (tentative). Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of July 9	Senate finishes 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.
Week of July 9	Senate floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.

PEACE VIGILS

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Sunday, 5:30 to 6 PM All Souls Episcopal Church [Biltmore Village]
Tuesday, 5 to 6 PM Vets for Peace Vigil [Vance Monument]
Wednesday, 4:30 PM Haywood Neighbors for Peace at Waynesville Post Office
Wednesdays, 5:30 PM Votive Mass for Peace at St. Mary Episcopal Church in Asheville
Friday, 5 to 6 PM Women in Black Vigil [Vance Monument]
Saturday, 12 to 1 PM Transylvania County Vigil for Peace [County Courthouse]
Other: Tuesday, 6 PM Run for Peace; Run for Impeachment at Vance Monument

PEACE AND JUSTICE EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS JUNE 10 - DECEMBER 10 , 2007

(Events are in Asheville unless otherwise noted . )06/19/07 WNC Peace Coalition meeting at UU church in Asheville at 7 PM. Please enter on the north side at basement level.

06/19/07 WNC Physicians for Social Responsibility meeting at 12:30 PM at West End Bakery on Haywood Street. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.

06/22/07 – 06/24/07 United for Peace and Justice National Assembly will be in Chicago. See http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ for more information.

06/27/07 – 07/01/07 US Social Forum in Atlanta GA. Issues will include corporate domination, growing income inequality, environmental justice and action, labor rights, women's rights, US imperial interventions and military actions, among many others. See http://www.ussf2007.org/ for more information.

07/03/07 WNC Department of Peace Campaign meeting at Community Action Council, 25 Gaston Street at 7 PM. Contact Linda at deepwells@main.nc.us for more information on the meeting.

07/06/07 Unitarian Universalist Church will show a DVD on nukes and preventing nuclear war. It is called "AMERICA'S DIALOGUE", a new 42 min. video on Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, human cost of militarism & war, intends to be catalyst for a great national debate. Contact Lew at patrie.wncpsr@main.nc.us or call 828-299-1242 for more information.

08/03/07 to 08/05/07 Annual Permacultrue Gathering at the Celo Community in NC. Go to the website http://www.sepermaculture.org/ for printable registration page, information & schedule. You will also find some links, comments from participants & more!

08/04/07 Peace Rally, March, Action for Abolition in Oak Ridge Tennessee - see http://www.stopthebombs.org/

08/06/07 to 08/10/07 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Week

08/07/07 WNC Department of Peace Campaign meeting at Community Action Council, 25 Gaston Street at 7 PM. Contact Linda at deepwells@main.nc.us for more information on the meeting.

08/09/07 Prayer vigil and candle luminaries at Pritchard Park to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. This will be from 8 to 9:30 PM.

09/04/07 WNC Department of Peace Campaign meeting at Community Action Council, 25 Gaston Street at 7 PM. Contact Linda at deepwells@main.nc.us for more information on the meeting.

09/19/07 Prayer vigil and candle luminaries at Pritchard Park to mark 4 ½ years of illegal occupation of Iraq. This will be from 8 to 9:30 PM.

09/23/07 March to the White House to free the Cuban Five. March at 11 AM followed by a forum at 2 PM – all in DC. Go to http://www.freethefive.org/for more information.

10/01/07 to 10/08/07 Keep Space For Peace Week (cosponsored by Global Network and WILPF)

10/04/07 to 10/10/07 UN World Space Week

10/24/07 United Nations Day

10/24/07 to 10/30/07 World Disarmament Week

12/10/07 Human Rights Day

Nuclear Calendar - June 4 - 25, 2007

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June 4	Deadline for comments on the Energy Department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Comments can be submitted by email to GNEP-PEIS@nuclear.energy.gov.

June 5	President Bush negotiates a U.S. missile defense agreement with Czech officials. Prague, Czech Republic

June 6	Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
June 6-8	G8 summit. Heiligendamm, Germany. New sanctions on Iran's nuclear program will be discussed on the sidelines.
June 6-8	Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with President Bush to continue negotiations on the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement. Heiligendamm, Germany

June 8	President Bush negotiates a U.S. missile defense agreement with Polish officials. Warsaw, Poland
June 11	9:30-11:00 a.m., Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA); Edward Ifft, State Department; John Steinbruner, U. of Maryland; and Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "Avoiding Renewed U.S.-Russian Strategic Competition." Sponsored by the Arms Control Association. At the Carnegie Endowment, Choate Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington. RSVP to Dan Arnaudo at (202) 463-8270, ext. 105.
June 11-12	Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting. Astana, Kazakhstan
June 11-15	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Iran's nuclear program will be on the agenda.
Week of June 11	European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani continue negotiations on Iran's nuclear program (tentative). Location TBA

June 12-13	Nuclear Regulatory Commission, "Fuel Cycle Information Exchange 2007." Universities of Maryland, Shady Grove Campus Auditorium, 9630 Gudelsky Dr., Rockville, MD

June 13	House floor action on the energy and water appropriations bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.

Week of June 18 or 25	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, markup of the defense appropriations bill. H-140 Capitol Building, Washington (closed)
Week of June 18 or 25	Senate 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)
Week of June 18 or 25	Senate floor action on the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.

Nuclear Calendar - April 30 - May 21, 2007

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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

CONGRESS IS HOME

2007-04-04T09:31:00.000-07:00

MEET WITH YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND OUR SENATORS AND BIRDOG AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

ASK THEM HOW THEY VOTED ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET RESOLUTION -- HR RES. 99 and SEN RES. 21 . PLEASE NOTE WHEN CONGRESS RETURNS AFTER RECESS , THEY WILL TAKE FINAL ACTION ON THIS LEGISLATION . FOR A LONG BUT EXCELLENT ANALYSIS OF HR 99 SEE MESSAGE FROM PHYLLIS BENNIS WHICH I SENT OUT A FEW DAYS AGO .

Nuclear Calendar April 2 - 23

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March 30-April 15	House of Representatives spring recess
March 31-April 9	Senate spring recess
Week of April 2	New Mexico Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson travels to North Korea (tentative)
April 4	Deadline for comments on the Energy Department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Comments can be submitted by email to GNEP-PEIS@nuclear.energy.gov.
April 9-27	UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations
April 10	Noon-1:30 p.m., Stephen Schneider, Stanford University, "Nuclear Winter Revisited." Stanford University, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St., Second Floor, Stanford, CA
April 11	9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing on nuclear nonproliferation programs, with former Sen. Sam Nunn (GA); Sen. Richard Lugar (IN); William Tobey, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Joseph Benkert, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
April 11	3:00 p.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on ballistic missile defense programs, with Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Missile Defense Agency; Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Charles McQueary, Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense Department; Paul Francis, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Defense Department; and Brian Green, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic Capabilities. 232A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
April 14	Deadline for North Korea to close its Yongbyon nuclear facility under the recent six-party agreement
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 begins on the supplemental appropriations bill, H.R. 1591.
April 17	Time TBA, Energy Department holds a public meeting on glassification of surplus plutonium at the Savannah River Site. Location TBA, Aiken, SC
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	Time TBA, Energy Department holds a public meeting on glassification of surplus plutonium at the Savannah River Site. Location TBA, Columbia, SC
April 19	NATO and Russia discuss the U.S. proposal to develop a missile defense system in Europe. Brussels, Belgium
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
Week of April 23	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)

Nuclear Calendar - March 19 - April 15 , 2007

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SENATE ON RECESS MARCH 31 - APRIL 9
HOUSE ON RECESS MARCH 30 - APRIL 15

PLEASE SCHEDULE LOBBY VISITS NOW AND BIRD-DOG MEMBERS WHEN HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS -- ASK SOME HARD QUESTION

House and Senate act on supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan wars this week.

March 19	Six-party talks on implementing the recent agreement on North Korea's nuclear program. Beijing
Week of March 19	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of March 19	Senate floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 20	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Energy Department's Atomic Energy Defense Activities budget, with Thomas D'Agostino, National Nuclear Security Administration; Glenn Podonsky, Energy Department Office of Health, Safety and Security; and James Rispoli, Energy Department's Office of Environmental Management. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 20	Fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
March 20-22	Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman meets with Indian officials. New Delhi and Mumbai, India. U.S.-India nuclear cooperation is on the agenda.
March 21	9:00 a.m., Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, hearing on the effectiveness of the current United States sanctions on Iran relating to minimizing potential threats from Iran, with Nicholas Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs; Stuart Levey, Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and Mark Foulon, Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security. 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 21	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, hearing on the International Affairs Budget. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 21	10:00 a.m., House Armed Services Committee, hearing on the U.S. Strategic Command [and other commands], with Gen. James Cartwright, U.S. Strategic Command and other witnesses. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 21	10:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on nuclear and strategic policy options, with Gen. James Cartwright, U.S. Strategic Command. 222 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 21	2:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, hearing on the Defense Department's counterproliferation, counterterrorism, and science and technology priorities, with six witnesses. 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 22	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department's nuclear nonproliferation budget. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 22	1:00 p.m., Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill. 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 22	House of Representatives floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
March 22-23	UN Security Council debates and votes on imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program (estimate). Iranian President Ahmadinejad may address the Security Council. Webcast on the United Nations website.
Week of March 26	House floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of March 26	Senate floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 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 Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Thomas Fingar, National Intelligence Council. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
March 28	8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Multiple speakers including Hans Blix, WMD commission, "Beyond Nuclear Weapons." Sponsored by Project for Nuclear Awareness. National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington. RSVP online.
March 29	9:00 a.m., Project for Nuclear Awareness, "Beyond Nuclear Weapons" congressional lobby day. At Council for a Livable World, 322 Fourth St., N.E., Washington. RSVP online.
March 29	Time TBA, Global Green USA, "The 10th Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention: A Decade of Achievements and Challenges." Capitol Hill, Washington (location TBA)
March 29	2:00 p.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the National Nuclear Security Administration's budget. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 30	Conference on Disarmament, first session of 2007 ends. Geneva
March 30-April 15	House of Representatives spring recess
March 31-April 9	Senate spring recess
March	Russia delivers fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant (tentative).
March or April	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)
March or April	Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on the nomination of William Ostendorff to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration (estimate)
April 1	Nevada Desert Experience, rally at the Nevada Test Site

Nuclear Calendar: March 5 - 23 , 2007

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March 5	Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte meets with South Korea officials. Seoul, South Korea
Week of March 5	Senate floor action continues 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 March 5	UN Security Council debates further sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. United Nations. Webcast on the United Nations website.
March 5-6	North Korean Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kim Kye-gwan meets with Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. New York
March 5-9	International Atomic Energy Agency, board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. The nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea are on the agenda.
March 6	10:00 a.m., House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, hearing on the Energy Department budget with Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. 2362-B Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Not webcast.
March 6	10:00 a.m., House Budget Committee, hearing on the Defense Department budget with Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 6	2:00 p.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee, hearing on "The Iranian Challenge" with Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 7	6:00-8:00 p.m., Harvard University, public forum on "U.S. and Iran: is Conflict Inevitable?" with Graham Allison, Vali Nasr, and Ray Takeyh, Harvard University; and David Ignatius, Washington Post. Harvard University, Belfer Center, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
March 7 or 8	Time TBA, House Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill. 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 8	3:00 p.m., House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the posture of the U.S. Strategic Command with Gen. James Cartwright, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
March 9	12:30-2:00 p.m., Dafna Linzer, Washington Post, and Joe Cirincione, author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons and Center for American Progress, discussion of Bomb Scare. Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. N.W., 10th Floor, Washington. RSVP online.
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.
March 10	Region conference on Iraq's security. Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. and Iran may meet on the sidelines.

Week of March 12	House Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution. 210 Cannon House Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website.
Week of March 12	Senate Budget Committee, markup of the budget resolution. 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington. Webcast on the committee website and CapitolHearings.org.
Week of March 12	House of Representatives floor action on the supplemental appropriations bill. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.

March 13-14	Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency director general, meets with North Korean officials on its nuclear program. Pyongyang, North Korea
March 14	12:40-7:00 p.m. local time, British parliament debates and votes on replacing the Trident nuclear missile system.
March 19	1:00-5:00 p.m., Energy Department, public meeting on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement). Hotel Washington, 15th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington
March 19	Six-party talks on implementing the recent agreement on North Korea's nuclear program. Beijing
Week of March 19	Senate Appropriations Committee, markup of the supplemental appropriations bill
Week of March 19	House floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN.
Week of March 19	Senate floor action on the budget resolution. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN2.
March 19-23	Stanley Foundation, "Realistic Solutions for Resolving the Iranian Nuclear Crisis." Multiple cities TBA

Nuclear Calendar: February 26 - March 12 , 2007

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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

Congressional Recess Schedule

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January 4, 2007
Swearing in of 110th Congress

Feb. 16 – 26
Presidents’ Day recess

March 30 – April 10
Senate Easter/Passover recess

March 30 – April 16
House Easter/Passover recess

May 25 – June 4
Memorial Day recess

June 29 – July 10
Independence Day recess

August 3 – Sept. 4
Summer recess

October 26
Target House adjournment

Calendar of Upcoming Events Prepared by WNC Peace Colation

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PEACE VIGILS

Sunday, 4:30 to 5 PM All Souls Episcopal Church [Biltmore Village]
Tuesday, 5 to 6 PM Vets for Peace Vigil [Vance Monument]

Wednesday, 4:30 PM Haywood Neighbors for Peace at Waynesville Post Office

Wednesdays, 5:30 PM Votive Mass for Peace at St. Mary Episcopal Church in Asheville

Friday, 5 to 6 PM Women in Black Vigil [Vance Monument]
Saturday, 12 to 1 PM Transylvania County Vigil for Peace [County Courthouse]

Other: Tuesday, 6 PM Run for Peace; Run for Impeachment at Vance Monument

OTHER EVENTS

01/20/07 Progressive Democrats of North Carolina meet at 11 AM at Elon University in Burlington, NC. This is followed by the annual NC Democratic Party State Executive Committee meeting at noon. For more information, see http://www.progressivedemocratsnc.org

01/20/07 Sustainable Energy Conference at Brevard College from 9 AM to 4 PM. For more information, schedule, and registration details, visit: http://www.brevard.edu/admissions/energy_conference.asp

01/20/07 Mountain Greens meeting at 10 at Earthfare. Contact David at ireland.dw@juno.com to confirm time and place.

01/27/07 Massive March on DC for a MANDATE FOR PEACE by United For Peace and Justice and Code Pink. A BUS IS BEING ORGANIZED FROM ASHEVILLE BY VETS FOR PEACE. For more information please see announcement above.

MARCH ON WASHINGTON EVENTS FROM UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

01/28/07 Training day by United for Peace and Justice

01/29/07 Lobby day with United for Peace and Justice - Register Here: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/modinput4.php?modin=121

02/03/07 to 02/05/07 Department of Peace National Conference in DC. See www.thepeacealliance.org for more information.

02/05/07 The "Occupation Project" starts in DC. The Occupation Project is a campaign of sustained nonviolent civil disobedience to end the Iraq War. They will engage in nonviolent civil disobedience at the offices of Representatives and Senators who do not publicly pledge to vote against additional war funding. This is organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence at www.vcnv.org

02/06/07 WNC Peace Coalition meeting to plan for the upcoming PEACE RALLY on March 24, 2007. Time is 7 PM, at Unitarian Universalist Church. Please enter on the north side.

02/10/07 NAACP Major Legislative rally in Raleigh.

02/17/07 President's Day Weekend in DC to close down the SOA. Weekend starts with a dinner at the SOA Watch office at 7 PM, followed by all day training on 02/18/07, lobby training on 02/19/07 and lobbying on Capitol Hill on 02/20/07. For questions regarding registration and logistics, please contact Emily Nelson at the national office by phone or by email at enelson@soaw.org.

02/20/07 WNC Peace Coalition meeting to plan for the upcoming PEACE RALLY on March 24, 2007. Time is 7 PM, at Unitarian Universalist Church. Please enter on the north side.

03/06/07 WNC Peace Coalition meeting to plan for the upcoming PEACE RALLY on March 24, 2007. Time is 7 PM, at Unitarian Universalist Church. Please enter on the north side.

03/17/07 Peace March and Rally in Fayetteville.

03/20/07 WNC Peace Coalition meeting to plan for the upcoming PEACE RALLY on March 24, 2007. Time is 7 PM, at Unitarian Universalist Church. Please enter on the north side.

03/24/06 Peace Rally in Asheville

04/15/07 to 04/22/07 National Shopping Boycott to show Bush that we don't want to "go shopping" to support his war. Endorse this action at http://www.impeachthepresidentnow.com

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The National Dept. of Peace Conference in DC will be held Feb. 2-6 2007

We have several people from District 11 here in WNC attending. Part of their agenda will be to visit with Congressman Shuler, Senator Dole and Senator Burr in their offices in Washington DC. We need letters from you to be hand delivered! Please take some time and write some letters. One to each ( Shuler, Dole, Burr) would be great, one to any of them would be o.k. too. Brief and personal are best. Let's send them a big message - it's time to get behind this bill (DOP HR 3760 in the House and S 1756 in the Senate)!!! Even if you have already contacted them- do it again!! We would love to send 100 letters- Get your letters to me, or send them to Laura. She needs them by the 31st of Jan.

Mail letters to:

Laura Sorensen
40 Green Valley Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806

• A National Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Organizing Conference Call on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Please join us to learn more, to share plans, and to offer one another support. If you want to join the conference call, contact us at: training@declarepeace.org

• A National Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Organizing Meeting on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern, for those attending United for Peace and Justice's March on Washington and Lobby Day (January 27-29). Location: Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland Let us know if you will be attending: training@declarepeace.org

• A National Week of Nonviolent Action Training: February 17-25, 2007. Contact us to organize a Nonviolence Training session: training@declarepeace.org