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Images from receptions and ceremonies featuring dignitaries engaging in discussions and award presentations, showcasing formal attire and elegant settings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Secretary Kerry meets with Fulbright Program Alumni, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 20, 2016.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Secretary Kerry meets with Fulbright Program Alumni, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 20, 2016.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, joined by Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, presents a certificate to 2019 'TIP Report Hero' Veronica Supliguicha of Ecuador. Veronica Supliguicha is one of eight individuals from around the world who was recognized for her efforts to fight against human trafficking, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on June 20, 2019.
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Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel presents the inaugural Emerging Young Leaders Award to Ahlem Nasraoui of Tunisia during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2016.
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U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier bei einem Treffen mit dem Buergermeister der Stadt Houston, Sylvester Turner
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President Bush speaks in the Rose Garden with his Cabinet
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President George W. Bush on visit to Main Interior, talking and posing with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and top aides in and around the Secretary's office
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Madrid, September 8, 2014. Alberto Ruiz Gallardon receives the Minister of Justice of France Christiane Taubira. Photo: IGNACIO GIL.....archdc.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thanks the staff and family members from Embassy Rabat, Morocco, on April 3, 2014, before a Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Morocco.
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Event hosted by Secretary Condoleezza Rice in the Benjamin Franklin Room, marking the launch of the Ralph Bunche Societies Initiative.
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Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, meets the Foreign Minister of South Africa, Grace Naledi Pandor, in Pretoria., Pretoria, South Africa, Africa
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President Bush attends wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon, commemorating 5th anniversary of 911 attacks
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Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. The Director General of the Foreign Service, W. Robert Pearson, and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, were among the speakers and award presenters. Among award recipients were Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary for Political Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan, and the United Nations; William Calderhead, former Executive Director of the Bureau of Inter American Affairs; and Patricia Carter of the .
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Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry clasps hands with Olympic gold medalist and track star Allyson Felix as he and his fellow members of the U.S. Presidential Delegation visit the Brazilian Naval Academy in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on August 5, 2016, to meet members of Team USA training at the facility.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump pose for a photo with 2017 TIP Hero Alika Kinan of Argentina, whose tireless efforts have made a lasting impact on the fight against modern slavery, at the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Launch Ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2017.
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Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff attend Presi
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National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley speaks with Secrtary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office of the White House
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with the Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone, David Francis, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks and participated in the annual Veterans Roll Call at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 9, 2018.
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First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at a private memorial service for Dr. Maya Angelou at Wake Forest University's Wait Chapel in Winston-Salem, N.C., June 7, 2014.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presents Afghan President Hamid Karzai with a gift from the U.S. Library of Congress and the Carnegie Corporation of New York -- a digital copy of the entire body of Afghanistan-related works at the library, as well as a framed copy of a rare manuscript from the collection, Washington, D.C., January 10, 2013.
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Event honoring the Washington National Opera in the Benjamin Franklin Room, with appearances by Secretary Condoleezza Rice and other Department officials
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Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. The Director General of the Foreign Service, W. Robert Pearson, and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, were among the speakers and award presenters. Among award recipients were Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary for Political Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan, and the United Nations; William Calderhead, former Executive Director of the Bureau of Inter American Affairs; and Patricia Carter of the .
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts a reception marking Eid ul-Fitr, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 2011.
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U.S. President George W. Bush speaks about Social Security reform
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - U.S. President Barack Obama in New Orleans, Louisiana , Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Olympic gold medalist and track star Allyson Felix as he and his fellow members of the U.S. Presidential Delegation visit the Brazilian Naval Academy in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on August 5, 2016, to meet members of Team USA training at the facility.
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First Lady of the United States Melania Trump presents the 2018 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award to Sirikan Charoensiri of Thailand during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2018.
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President George W. Bush touring offices in Main Interior, meeting Department officials and staff
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President George W. Bush touring offices in Main Interior, meeting Department officials and staff
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Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken Meets with Qatar Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in Rome, Italy on June 28, 2021.
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First Lady Michelle Obama talks with Darius Rucker, Kris Kristofferson and Lisa Meyers in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House before The History of Country Music: From Barn Dances to Pop Charts” interactive workshop for local students, Nov. 21, 2011.
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with UK Minister for Europe and the Americas Wendy Morton at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2021.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo at the United Nations Event on Religious Freedom in New York City, NY on September 23, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with South Sudan President Salva Kiir before the conclusion of the 50th anniversary African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 26, 2013.
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, meets the Foreign Minister of South Africa, Grace Naledi Pandor, in Pretoria., Pretoria, South Africa, Africa
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Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff attend Presi
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President George W. Bush on visit to Main Interior, talking and posing with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and top aides in and around the Secretary's office
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Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.
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NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Nigeria Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama after their joint press availability at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, Nigeria on March 12, 2018.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with staff and families from U.S. Embassy Riyadh, in Riyadh, Saudi, Arabia, on April 29, 2018. (
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Office of the Administrator - Virginia - Administrator Gina McCarthy speaking at Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Old Dominion University Idea Fusion and the 100th Anniversary of the Ministers' Conference at Hampton University , Environmental Protection Agency
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NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.
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President Barack Obama greets Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he arrives at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Youth Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, June 30, 2013.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4 2017.
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The 2017 Disabilities Awareness Month Program was presented at Marshall Space Flight Center's Morris Auditorium with guest speaker Tamika Catchings. Ms. Catchings is a retired WNBA player who spent her entire career with the Indiana Fever. She was the first recipient of ESPNs Humanitarian Award in 2015. In 2016, Tamika became the first female recipient of the National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award. In 2016, Tamika released her autobiography, "Catch A Star," which became a New York Times best seller. She is also a world-renowned motivational and keynote speaker.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks on Global Food Security at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. on May 18, 2012.
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Ted Forstmann in 1999.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry exchanges souvenir pins with Olympic women's Sloane Stephens at Olympic Park in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on August 6, 2016, as he and his fellow members of the U.S. Presidential Delegation attend the Summer Olympics.
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Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
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Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
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President George Bush, foreground center, with former Dallas Cowboys running back, and member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Emmitt Smith, at the Wonderful Outdoor World Program exhibit featured as part of the White House Fitness Expo on the White House lawn, Washington, D.C.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Los Angeles, California to deliver address at the International Earthquake Conference
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Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita, Baton Rouge, LA November 17, 2005 - Boxing promoter Don King makes a surprise visit to FEMA's Louisiana Joint Field Office to rally the spirits of relief workers who have been working to assist Louisianans hurt by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. His rhyming phrases of encouragment provided a much-needed break.
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Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
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DATE: 1-26-17LOCATION: JSCSUBJECT: SUPER BOWL 51 SUPPORT. Retired NFL players spend the day at NASA signing autographs and touring the facilities.
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DATE: 1-26-17LOCATION: JSCSUBJECT: SUPER BOWL 51 SUPPORT. Retired NFL players spend the day at NASA signing autographs and touring the facilities.