Formal Dining and Discussions

Images of business professionals gathered around a dining table, discussing important matters during formal events with elegant decor.

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

Under Secretary for Management Henrietta Fore hosting dinner in Henry Clay Room for members of the Advisory Committee on Transformational Diplomacy, working on long range recommendations for the Department's worldwide organization and operations: Department of State in 2025

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Great Lakes Mayors , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation including Tom Kiernan, President of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA); Gene Sykes of NPCA's Board of Trustees; John Bridgeland, Director of USA Freedom Corps; and Randal Teague, Washington, D.C. attorney, partner in Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with Take Pride in America (TPIA) officials and volunteers at signing event for order extending the authorization of TPIA within the Department of the Interior through the year 2010. Among officials and guests joining Secretary Kempthorne for the proceedings at Main Interior were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett; TPIA Executive Director Katie Loovis; Appalachian Trail volunteer Scott Wilson; Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal National Historical Park volunteers Barbara Brown and Jane Collins; Hyattsville, Maryland Elementary School students Billy Kennedy and Jose Cruz, and Hyattsville teacher, Ms. Davis.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson's Visit to Morocco

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

Office of Water - Water Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visit at Main Interior from representatives of British Petroleum (BP) America

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, and staff

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Office of the Secretary - Hispanic Alliance for Free Trade

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Trade Association Roundtable

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Deputy Secretary Finlay and Egyptian Business Group

Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs sponsored Chiefs of Mission Conference, with appearances by Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Jr., U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Randall Tobias, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, Presidential Assistant for National Security Affairs Stephen Hadley, and Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Jessica Emond , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides receiving visit at Main Interior from former Interior Secretary Gale Norton and Norton's husband, John Hughes

Mike Leavitt meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S.-Mexico Memorandum of Understanding signing event at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, leading the proceedings

Secretary Gale Norton meeting at Department of Interior headquarters with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation officials, including Foundation Executive Director, Jeff Trandahl, second from left, and Foundation Chairman, Paul Tudor Jones II, third from left

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS ADDRESS NTIA FCC WIRELESS TECH EXPO

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Ann Arbor , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE TPA PRESS EVENT

President Barack Obama waits with advisors before a bilateral meeting during the G8 Summit at the Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 18, 2013. Pictured, from left, are: Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; President Obama; Rob Nabors, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; and Caroline Atkinson, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs.

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

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

Bureau of Industry and Security - ANNUAL UNITED STATES and HONG KONG BILATERAL

Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides meeting at Main Interior with Jordanian delegation led by Jordan's Ambassador to the U.S., Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein

Office of the Secretary - BULGARIAN EMBASSY

Secretary Gale Norton hosting visit to Department of Interior headquarters by Denmark's Minister of Interior and Health, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, third from left, and aides

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. and associates

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting with senior staff at Main Interior

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, and staff

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary with Afghanistan Minister of Commerce Hedayat Amin Arsala

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS, SECRETARY JOHN SNOW AND SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO AT WEST COAST JOBS GROWTH TOUR

Secretary Gale Norton, Deputy Secretary J. Steven Griles, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Craig Manson, other senior Department of Interior officials meeting with leaders of major hunting, angling, firearms organizations to discuss conservation and access policy priorities for outdoor sportsmen

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Office of the Secretary - Lunch with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary with Russian Chief Justice Ivnov

Secretary Gale Norton meeting with law students pursuing honors program work at Department of Interior Solicitor's Office

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Energy Outreach 1 , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PEC RECEPTION

Proceedings of the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

Office of the Secretary - BULGARIAN EMBASSY

Meeting of the National Park System Advisory Board, with National Park Service Director Fran Mainella and Wyoming Senator Craig Thomas among the officials on hand to discuss National Heritage Areas planning and other issues

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visit at Main Interior from White House Office of Presidential Personnel (PPO) liaison staffers

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides on visit to Maine, meeting with Governor John Baldacci

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting National Park Service (NPS)-Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) luncheon at Main Interior, promoting the Centennial Challenge, part of Interior's initiative designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the NPS 100th anniversary in 2016

Office of the Secretary - Hispanic Alliance for Free Trade

Visit of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, rear left, to Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C., for discussions with Secretary Gale Norton, rear right, and other Interior officials

Signing ceremony for Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSM) and the coldwater fisheries conservation, protection, and restoration organization, Trout Unlimited, with OSM Director Jeffrey Jarrett among officials participating

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Attorney General John Ashcroft

Secretary Gale Norton hosting luncheon for members of President's Cabinet, at Department of Interior headquarters

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

Secretary Gale Norton, front row second from right, with Minerals Management Service officials during visit to New Orleans, Louisiana to mark the 50th anniversary of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for energy resources development, and to open the reading of bids at Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale187, involving 21.7 million acres off the shores of Texas and Louisiana

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary's Gutierrez's Trip from Brussels, Chongging China, Cairo and Beijing

Office of the Administrator (Mike Leavitt) - Mike Leavitt's Farewell , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PEC RECEPTION

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and associates

International Trade Administration - President Export Council with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

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

National Parks Centennial Challenge Dinner, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, promoting the public-private matching fund element of the Interior initiative designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016

Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides meeting at Main Interior with Jordanian delegation led by Jordan's Ambassador to the U.S., Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation including Pham Gia Khiem, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam

Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, R. Thomas Weimer, meeting at Main Interior with Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Director Nikolao Pula, other OIA officials, and territorial ambassadors

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Chelan Utility , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass in Kabul, Afghanistan on July, 9, 2018.

Interior-Agriculture Memorandum of Understanding signing event and related activities at Main Interior, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer leading the proceedings

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Regional Directors

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation from the Trust for the National Mall, including the Trust Chairman, John "Chip" Akridge

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Unveiling Address , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (Arrival Airport, Bilat with C. A. Presidents, Working Lunch, Press Conference, One on One)

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Fish and Wildlife Service officials meeting with delegation of landowners, Main Interior

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation including Tom Kiernan, President of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA); Gene Sykes of NPCA's Board of Trustees; John Bridgeland, Director of USA Freedom Corps; and Randal Teague, Washington, D.C. attorney, partner in Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Secretary Gale Norton hosting Department of Interior headquarters visit by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, fifth from left, for discussion of the Nantucket Sound wind farm project and other issues

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides, including Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., to Ottawa, Canada for bilateral talks with Canada's Minister of the Environment, John Baird, concerning the status of the polar bear and other cross-border issues

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with members of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, including Council Chairman Ryck Lydecker

Captiol Hill Confirmation Hearings for Judith Ayres, Tracy Mehan, and Robert Fabricant , Environmental Protection Agency

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS ADDRESS NTIA FCC WIRELESS TECH EXPO

Signing ceremony, at National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting environment-sustaining and enhancing "geotourism" through an NGS partnership with the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, and constituent agencies including Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, and senior Interior and Agriculture officials at the ceremony and reception.

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS GUADALAJARA MEXICO

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Finnish Minister Paula Lehtomaki

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, standing beside U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, shows her gratitude to staff from the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs involved in the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2010.

American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) awards ceremony, led by AFSA President J. Anthony Holmes, in Benjamin Franklin Room. Awardees included .

Office of the Administrator - Coal Ash Rule Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting reception at Main Interior for members of the National Park Service Advisory Board

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Marcus C. Peacock Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, hosting delegation from the Unilever Corporation for meeting at Department of Interior headquarters concerning Unilever support for the National Parks Tour in conjunction with the Take Pride in America program. Unilever has contributed more than $20 million over the past decade for improvement projects in 124 National Park units

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

Employment and Training Administration - Transitional Adjustment Assistance and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Taskforce Meeting

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Unveiling Address , Environmental Protection Agency

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