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It is Monday, August 3, 2020. As reflected in the links below, many around the world will pause and reflect during this week's anniversaries of the 1945 nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Unless otherwise noted, all times are local to the event host. Depending on Congress's timing and actions this month, the Nuclear Calendar will publish email updates less regularly during the month of August.
Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs
Washington, DC
Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network (Most Reverend Mitsuaki Takami, Archbishop of Nagasaki and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan; Most Reverend David Malloy, Bishop of the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, and Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love, Catholic University of America); pre-recorded webcast.
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U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC
U.S. Senate
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SD-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
To consider the nomination of Shon Manasco, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force; John E. Whitley, to be Director of the Department of Defense Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; Michele A. Pearce, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army; Liam P. Hardy, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. COVID-19 restrictions remain in effect.
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SD-106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
COVID-19 restrictions remain in effect.
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U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC
U.S. Institute of Peace (Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security and Strategic Policy Planning Moeed Yusuf)
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Washington, DC
Livestream of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony 2020 begins on August 6 at 6:30 AM Japanese Standard Time/August 5 at 5:30 PM U.S. Eastern Daylight Time.
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SD-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
To consider the nominations of: Lucas Polakowski, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs; Jason Abend, to be Inspector General of the Department of Defense; Bradley Hansell, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security; Louis Bremer, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict. COVID-19 restrictions remain in effect.
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Washington, DC
A national virtual event featuring highlights from local events nationwide commemorating the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. Additional commemorative events can be found at https://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/local-events.
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Online
San Francisco, CA
Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (multiple speakers)
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Near Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Baltimore Peace Action, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, Homewood Friends Meeting, Maryland Peace Action and Prevent Nuclear War Maryland. Wear a mask, and do social distancing.
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Washington, DC
Livestream of the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony begins on August 9 at 11:00 AM Japanese Standard Time/August 8 at 10:00 PM U.S. Eastern Daylight Time.
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Homewood Friends Meeting
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Baltimore Peace Action, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, Homewood Friends Meeting, Maryland Peace Action and Prevent Nuclear War Maryland. Refer to the link for more information.
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Washington, DC
A national virtual event featuring highlights from local events nationwide commemorating the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. Additional commemorative events can be found at https://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/local-events.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility Sacramento Chapter
Davis, CA
75 Years After Hiroshima/Nagasaki: Rolling Back the Nuclear Arsenal is a 60-minute film presented via livestream featuring: Setsuko Thurlow (hibakusha), Critical Issues Forum (Monterey), environmental speakers, elected officials, and actions that citizens can take.
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Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Nonviolence Center (Dr. Vince Intondi, Montgomery College)
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An email version of the Nuclear Calendar is published every Monday morning when Congress is in session.
Founded by David Culp. Edited by Anthony Wier and Jeff Pudlo. The Nuclear Calendar has been supported in part with funds from the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Its contents represent the views, findings and opinions of the authors, and are not necessarily those of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Additional support comes from the Ploughshares Fund, an anonymous foundation, and the individual contributors and supporters of the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the FCNL Education Fund.
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August 3, 2020