Bipartisan Leadership Meetings

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President Barack Obama meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 3, 2013.

November 7, 2014. President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan congressional leadership in the Old Family Dining Room (left to right: Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, President Obama, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell and Charles Schumer

President Barack Obama meets with advisors in the Oval Office, Aug. 10, 2012. Pictured, from left, are: Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; Chief of Staff Jack Lew; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Alan Krueger.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Estonian Foreign Minister Marina Kaljurand at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 16, 2015.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - United States and China Cooperative Agreement on the Environment , Environmental Protection Agency

President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate, including from left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), House Republican Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to discuss working together on issues surrounding the economy and jobs in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Feb. 10, 2010.

President Barack Obama holds a conference call with Sen. Harry Reid and Sen. Patrick Leahy, in the Oval Office, June 9, 2009. Speechwriters Jon Favreau and Adam Frankel are seated at left, and Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Phil Schiliro, and Senior Advisor David Axelrod, are standing.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on our efforts in Afghanistan since August 14 and the way forward, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris participate in a Cabinet meeting Thursday, April 1, 2021, in the East Room of the White House.

President Barack Obama meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 3, 2013.

President Barack Obama meets with former President Bill Clinton in the Situation Room of the White House, including (from left ) NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Ambassador Jeff Bader, Deputy National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, NSC Advisor General Jim Jones and Vice President Joe Biden, August 18, 2009

President Barack Obama has a briefing in the Oval Office prior to health care meeting with Senate democrats, June 2, 2009. With the President are (from left; White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro, Shawn Maher, Deputy Assistant to the President, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag, and David M. Simas, Aide to Senior Advisor David Axelrod.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah, addresses reporters at a news conference on March 23, 2015, in the Hackberry Hangar at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, following a series of U.S.-Afghan dialogues about security, regional outreach, and economic transition after U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan since 2001.

President Barack Obama talks with Senior Advisor David Axelrod and National Economic Council Director Larry Summers following the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, Oct. 6, 2009.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Oath Ceremony, Stephen L. Johnson , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip T. Reeker participate in a virtual meeting of the European Union�s Foreign Affairs Council at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

Dec. 4, 2010 "Senior Advisor David Alexlrod watches as the President makes last minute edits on his statement announcing the trade deal with South Korea."

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 23, 2021.

President Barack Obama meets with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sept. 29, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom, chairs a meeting of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual conversation with journalist Jonathan Capehart on �Pressing for Equality: Engaging on LGBTQI Issues Around the World�, from the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Embassy Doha and Mission Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Anne Soy of BBC Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 18, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Whitehouse Photos

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

President Barack Obama leans back on his chair in the Roosevelt Room of the White House during a briefing with advisors May 4, 2009, in preparation for an upcoming meeting with Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Mexican Foreign Secretary Jos� Antonio Meade and his advisers sit together in the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall in the Secretary's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 31, 2015, at the outset of the North American Ministerial meeting focused on trilateral issues with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, and their respective teams.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with advisors to discuss Syria, in the Oval Office, Aug. 29, 2013. Seated from left: Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Phil Gordon, White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region; and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice.

President Barack Obama preps with staff for an upcoming health care meeting with U.S. Senators in the Oval Office, Dec. 5, 2009.

President Barack Obama holds a secure conference call on Libya in the Situation Room of the White House, April 7, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lays down his notes before chairing a United Nations Security Council meeting about Iraq in New York City on September 19, 2014.

Office of the Secretary - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT SIGNING CEREMONY

July 20, 2011 "The President prays with members of the Circle of Protection Campaign during a drop-by meeting with the faith-based leaders in the Roosevelt Room."

Secretary Dirk Kampthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation led by Mexico's Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Jose Luis Luege. Among Interior officials joining the Secretary were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, along with Chris Kearney, Kathryn Washburn, and Karen Senhadji.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on March 7, 2015, in the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Minister building - in Paris, France, following a bilateral meeting focused on the Secretary's recent Iran nuclear negotiations, his meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and other regional issues.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander hosts the minister of defense for Cyprus, Charalambos Petrides, for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 1, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a town hall meeting with Department employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2021.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2014.

President Barack Obama jokes with members of the Chilean delegation as President Sebastián Piñera of Chile sits at the Resolute Desk following a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, June 4, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2021.

The hands of President Barack Obama's Secret Service detail following a health care focused town hall meeting at Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina July 29, 2009.

President Barack Obama makes a point during a health care stakeholders meeting in Roosevelt Room of the White House, May 11, 2009.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

Senators work together on immigration reform

President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice following a meeting with King Mohammed VI of Morocco in the Oval Office, Nov. 22, 2013. Phil Gordon, White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region, stands at left.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - 35th Anniversary Panel , Environmental Protection Agency

President Barack Obama holds a meeting on faith issues in the Oval Office, Jan. 28, 2011.

President Bush meets with U.S. auto executives in the Oval Office

President Barack Obama has a press briefing with Senior Advisor David Axelrod, left, and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs prior to interview with Harry Smith of CBS News, in the Map Room at the White House, June 19, 2009. (White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, watched by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, delivers opening remarks on August 30, 2016, at the Jawarhalal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi, India, during the opening session of the annual U.S.-India Strategic & Commercial Dialogue with Indian Minister of External Affairs Shushma Swaraj and Indian Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hold a joint press availability with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by Department Spokesperson Ned Price and Senior Official for the Bureau of International Religious Freedom Daniel Nadel, delivers remarks to the press on the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 12, 2021.

Preparing the White House for President Bush's welcoming of Chinese President Hu Jintao

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in media interviews for Sunday morning shows in Brussels, Belgium, on June 13, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference- Decatur House Secretary Carlos Gutierrez & EU Consr.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks with Hideki Tsuchimoto, commissioner of the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, Japanese Ministry of Defense, during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Sept. 9, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Polish Foreign Minister Jack Czaputowicz provide remarks during a joint press conference in Warsaw, Poland on January 27, 2018.

Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack joins Department Spokesperson Ned Price at the top of the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a Afghanistan Task Force and Relocation Volunteers Recognition Ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2021. The Secretary recognized the Department�s efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 124,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans over the past five months.

Announcement, at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers

President Barack Obama meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 3, 2013.

President Barack Obama holds a briefing with Tina Tchen, Director of the Office of Public Engagement, right, and staff in the Oval Office, prior to the Asian American and Pacific Islander Initiative Executive Order signing, and Diwali festival of lights ceremony, in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 14, 2009.

President Barack Obama has lunch with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, March 16, 2010.

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a phone call for Vietnam Veterans Day Monday, March 29, 2021, in her West Wing Office of the White House.

A custodian dusts and vacuums prior to President Barack Obama's Tax Deliquency Memorandum signing ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, Jan. 20, 2010.

President Bush announces Robert Zoellick to replace Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA (9-21-05 TO 9-23-05)

Preseidet Obama visits FEMA headquarters.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

President Barack Obama picks up a fly he swatted during an interview with CNBC's John Harwood in the East Room of the White House, June 16, 2009. (Offical White House Photographer Lawrence Jackson) This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Office of the Administrator - Agency Headquarters Renaming Ceremony - ceremony to mark the renaming of the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in honor of President Bill Clinton , Environmental Protection Agency

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

President Barack Obama meets with newly elected governors in the Oval Office, Dec. 5, 2014. From left are Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Jerry Abramson, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Adrian Saenz, Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually meets with staff of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2022.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Outer Oval Office, July 19, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Mexican Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 2021. Secretary Blinken was joined by Deputy Chief of Staff Tom Sullivan, Senior Director Juan Gonzalez, Charge d'Affaires John Creamer, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Julie Chung, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Peter Haas, and Mexico Under Secretary for Foreign Trade Luz Maria De la Mora.

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2022.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Brief Business on Gulf Coast Investment Opportunities

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual employee Town Hall to discuss diplomatic and institutional priorities for the upcoming year from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielus Landsbergis in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Lou Susman, now Vice Chairman of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, delivers an introduction at the Chicago Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 2016, before the Secretary delivered a speech about global affairs to Council members.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual joint press conference with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, in London, United Kingdom, on May 3, 2021.

Condoleezza Rice confirmation hearing

President Obama Visits FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

The Secretary's Global Business Conference, 21 February 2012, State Department.

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

President Barack Obama watches a monitor in House Speaker John Boehners Ceremonial Office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., before addressing a Joint Session of Congress to outline the American Jobs Act, Sept. 8, 2011.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg December 6, 2016, as he attends a NATO Ministerial Session at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Director of the Office of American Innovation, Jared Kushner delivers remarks at the working luncheon for the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 26, 2018 at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clear Sky , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2022.

President Barack Obama holds a discussion with, from left, Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, Jennifer Palmieri, Director of Communications and National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients in the Oval Office, July 7, 2014.

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs - Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor Geri Palast Farewell

Presidential hopefuls speak at a bipartisan forum hosted by the International Association of Fire Fighters

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Toria Nuland sit across from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on December 7, 2016, at the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski in Hamburg, Germany, before a bilateral meeting as they visit the German city to attend a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 2022.

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press availbilty with Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, at the Department of State, in Washington, DC on October 9, 2019.

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