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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 19, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Senegalese Foreign Minister Amadou Ba in Dakar, Senegal, on February 16, 2020.

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, center, speaks with the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in Argentina and Chairman of the Board of the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), Daniel Filmus, left, and Advisor to the Minister for Science and Technology in Argentina, Guillermo Salvatierra, during a meeting, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Cathy Novelli before the Secretary delivered remarks at the Global Connect Initiative event at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, in Berlin, Germany, on June 23, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in Paris, France, to chair the Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and commemorate the organization�s 60th anniversary, on October 4, 2021.

From the balcony of the eighth floor of the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry points out Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia, landmarks and buildings to Vietnamese Executive Secretary Dinh The Huynh before their working luncheon on October 25, 2016.

Deputy Spokesman Robert Palladino prepares U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo for his morning show interviews in New York City, New York on February 21, 2019.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with the Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellows at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on May 20, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 28, 2021.

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 Micheal R. Pompeo meets with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 18, 2020.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba sign the updated U.S.-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2021.

Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky; Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller; Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf; and New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Binken meets virtually with the Editorial Board of The Economist, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 6, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, serving as President of the United Nations Security Council, listens to Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh speak during a session focused on Iraq in New York City on September 19, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benjamin �Benny� Gantz at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 3, 2021.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, right, greets 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.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Somali President Hassan Sheikh for a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022.

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and her family looking on, Heather Higginbottom signs her appointment papers to become the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 30, 2014.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken virtually meets with President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with State Department Senior Aide Jason Meininger as they walk between events at the United Nations Headquarters and Ford Foundation offices in New York, N.Y., on September 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry checks his cellphone as he departs the United Nations Headquarters in New York following a Security Council discussion about Iraq on September 19, 2014.

Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein delivers remarks at the release of the 2014 Report on International Religious Freedom, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, flanked by U.S. Embassy Jordan Charg� d'Affaires Henry Wooster, unveils a plaque dedicating a new office space at U.S. Embassy Amman, in Amman, Jordan, on April 30, 2018. (

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S. Diplomacy Center's Diplomatic Simulation for World Refugee Day at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on June 20, 2016.

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker hold a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2022.

Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony and reception, Benjamin Franklin Room, with Secretary Condoleezza Rice hosting and Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr. among the other Department speakers. Corporations honored included Sambazon for its operations in Brazil, General Motors for its operations in Colombia, and Goldman Sachs for its operations in Chile.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Ambassador David Hale as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, at the Department of State, August 30, 2018.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a virtual roundtable with the Department�s Thursday Luncheon Group (TLG) Employee Affinity Group (EAG) along with the Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA), Blacks in Government Carl T. Rowan chapter (BIGCTR), and the Pickering and Rangel Fellows Association (PRFA) in honor of Black History Month and to discuss the contributions of African American diplomats: past, present and future, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2022.

Washington, D. C. , December 8, 2009 FEMA Administrator, W. Craig Fugate participates in a press conference at DHS Headquarters, announcing the FY 2010 DHS Grant Application program. Barry Bahler/DHS.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry swears in Nisha Desai Biswal as the next Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2013.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a joint press availability the State Department with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong following the 2022 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations.(DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

President Joe Biden delivers remarks virtually and participates in a Q&A at the Department of Defense Virtual Senior Leaders Conference Friday, April 23, 2021, in the John F. Kennedy Conference Room in the White House Situation Room.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Liverpool, United Kingdom on December 10, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual U.S.-Nigeria Health Partnership Event from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participate in a Special Measures Agreement Initialing Ceremony with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Republic of Korea Defense Minister Suh Wook, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on March 18, 2021.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with Saint Kitts and Nevis Foreign Affairs Minister Mark Brantley in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

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With Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken looking on, Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, delivers remarks at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in a town hall with U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh on June 1, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual Town Hall meeting with Department employees, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2021.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a joint press availability the State Department with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong following the 2022 Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations.(DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Economic Ministers in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 5, 2021. During his remarks, Secretary Blinken introduced the appointment of Gayle Smith as Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2021.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with Guatemala delegation, led by Carlos Fion, Chief of Staff to the President of Guatemala, and Salvador Lopez, Director of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The Secretary joined the Guatemala leaders in signing a Memorandum of Understanding providing for a ten-year U.S.-Guatemala partnership in support of the conservation of significant natural and cultural resources in Guatemala.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2021.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Ambassador David Hale as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, at the Department of State, August 30, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Civil Society Forum Global Town Hall at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2014. The event is part of the three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

U.S. Ambassador to Singapore David Adelman poses for a photo with cutouts of the 2012 presidential candidates at the 2012 U.S. Election Watch event at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore, November 7, 2012.

Madrid, 09/15/2022. Plenary Congress of Deputies. Institutional visit of the presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, Eduardo Estrella and Alfredo Pacheco to the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze signs Secretary Michael R. Pompeo's guestbook, at the Department of State, September 20, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2017.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken, with Deputy Chief of Mission Maria Brewer, and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda-Thomas Greenfield, poses for a photo with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama after their meeting at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, Nigeria, on May 13, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with artisans who have been selected as finalists in the Artisan Enterprise Multimedia Competition at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 10, 2015. The competition aims to capture the value of the artisan economy while showcasing examples of how artisans are contributing to the global economy and doing good in their communities. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues convened the group of artisans, investors, policy makers, and representatives from business and civil society for a forum on how to scale the impact of the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise, a platform to promote artisan businesses.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland participates in a bilateral meeting with Ecuador Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo in New York, on September 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Melbourne, Australia, on February 10, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, sign a letter-of-intent partnering SBA and DoDs newly-established Office of Strategic Capital at the President Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif., Dec. 3, 2022. (DoD photos by Chad J. McNeeley)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on August 23, 2016, after arriving at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria, after arriving for meetings with Nigerian President Muhummadu Buhari, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, and Governor�s of the country�s Northern region.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken delivers the U.S. national statement -- highlighting the United States� commitment to championing human rights and fundamental freedoms and the importance of those rights to the security and stability within and between countries around the world -- at the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2, 2016.

William Samoei Ruto (President of the Republic of Kenya) signing the guest book, behind him Rachel Ruto and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) at the Federal President's Citizens' Festival in the Bellevue Palace Gardens, Berlin, 13 September 2024

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