Formal Diplomatic Meetings

Images of formal events with dignitaries and officials in elegant settings, highlighting diplomatic engagements and ceremonial presentations.

Vice President Cheney participates in memorial ceremonies for the September 11 attacks

Walking through the Kremlin, President Barack Obama and his entourage head to the motorcade after the President held meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2009.

Seville, 02/20/2020. The King presents the Royal Cavalry Master's Awards. Photo: JM Serrano. Archsev.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

With U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius and U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Susan Sutton looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Vietnamese officials upon arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 12, 2017. In Hanoi, the Secretary will meet with senior Vietnamese officials to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues.

Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks. The permanent memorial, constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans bured at the original seven-acre Lower Manhattan site in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was opened to the public for the first time.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Kenyan Foreign Secretary Amina Mohamed on August 22, 2016, in a courtyard at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, as they both head to a bilateral meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends Memorial for the victims of the January 2019 attack in Bogot�, Colombia, on January 20, 2020.

Vice President Cheney participates in memorial ceremonies for the September 11 attacks

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo speaks to staff and family members of U.S. Embassy Cairo in Cairo, Egypt, on January 10, 2019.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Henry Healy, the Presidents distant cousin, after arriving in Moneygall, Ireland, May 23, 2011. The President and First Lady were also welcomed by Counselor Danny Owens, Chair Offaly County, and Counselor John Kennedy, Chair Tipperary County, center.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and Australian Defence Minister David Johnston participate in the AUSMIN Session I at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by the Foreign Ministers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union, walks across the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, on September 24, 2016, before a meeting of the so-called Quintet in the Secretary's home-state of Massachusetts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani display sets of prayer beads - which Ghani handles constantly for both religious and arthritis reasons, and a set of which he gave to Kerry - before they meet in Kabul on August 8, 2014, to discuss the ongoing recount of the election results with rival candidate Abdullah Abdullah.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, where he addressed newly naturalized U.S. citizens during Citizenship Day ceremonies, met with National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Park Police personnel, and joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio Gonzalez for announcement of joint USCIS-NPS program to welcome new citizens at National Park sites

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.

(2 July, 2012) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City, Russia on July 2, 2012, the prime crew members who will round out Expedition 32 on the International Space Station answer questions from reporters during their farewell sendoff to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams. The trio are scheduled to launch to the space station on July 15 in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft from BaikonurNASA/Stephanie Stoll.

Presentation of a Thanksgiving Turkey to President Kennedy, 10:00AM. President John F. Kennedy receives a turkey presented to him for Thanksgiving by the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board; President Kennedy pardoned the turkey. Left to right: Vice President of the National Turkey Federation, Morris G. Smith; President Kennedy; President of the National Turkey Federation, Robert M. McPherrin; unidentified; Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the National Turkey Federation, M. C. Small; Mrs. M. C. Small; General Manager of the Poultry and Egg National Board, Lloyd H. Geil. Also present: President of the Poultry and Egg National Board, Chester B. Franz; Mrs. Franz; Mrs. McPherrin; Mrs. Mildred I. Smith. Rose Garden, White House, Washington D.C.

With St. Basils Cathedral providing a fitting backdrop, the Expedition 33/34 prime crewmembers arrive at the Kremlin Wall in Moscows Red Square September 25, 2012 to conduct the traditional laying of flowers at the site where Russian space icons are interred, including Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, and Sergei Korolev, Russias Great Designer. From left to right are Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford. The trio will launch October 23 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Secretary Gale Norton hosting representatives of The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, including the newly appointed Trustee, and former Georgia Senator, Mack Mattingly, left, for meeting at Department of Interior headquarters. The Trust, established in 1968, has acquired over 17,000 acres of land for protection and enhancement

Secretary Gale Norton and television news anchor Tom Brokaw among the dignitaries attending ceremonies at the War Correspondents Memorial, Burkittsville, Maryland, featuring unveiling of plaque honoring four prominent journalists killed during war and war-related coverage in Iraq and Pakistan

Vice President Kamala Harris and Director of Scheduling and Advance Ryan Montoya look at photographs hanging in the halls of the West Wing of the White House Thursday Feb. 25, 2021.

Dr. Johannes Urban, Armed Forces Affairs, Security and Defense Policy, Bavarian State Chancellery, and Maj. Gen. Robert Burke, V Corps Deputy Commanding General for Support, listen as a community member asks a question during the final of three speaker series events May 13 at the Karlshalle in downtown Ansbach with a discussion on the future of the transatlantic partnership.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma's family on August 31, 2016 in New Delhi, India.

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Norman Eisen hosts an Independence Day reception at the Ambassador's residence in Prague on July 2, 2014.

Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan points out the scenery around the Aherlow House Hotel in Tipperary, Ireland, to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before the two held a bilateral meeting, a joint news conference, and the Secretary received the Tipperary Peace Award on October 30, 2016.

Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo and other U.S. leaders and staff attend a welcome dinner, on the margins of the Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East, in Warsaw, Poland on February 13, 2019.

jsc2018e084341 - The Expedition 57 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Sept. 25 after arriving at their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. In the front row are the prime crewmembers, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos (left) and Nick Hague of NASA (right), and in the back row are the backup crewmembers, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (back row, left) and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos (back row, right). Hague and Ovchinin will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station..NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world take a moment from the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting being held at Kennedy Space Center for a group portrait, framed by the space shuttle launch pads in Launch Complex 39. From left are Canadian Space Agency Vice-President Space Science, Technology and Programs Virendra Jha; Russian Federal Space Agency Head Anatolii Perminov; European Space Agency Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain; NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Keiji Tachikawa. The purpose of the meeting is to review International Space Station cooperation and endorse a revision to the station configuration and assembly sequence.

Bundesentwicklungshilfeministerin Svenja Schulze wird in Empfang genommen vom Minister fuer wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten von Mauretanien, Abdessalem Ould Mohamed Saleh in Nouakchott, 14.08.2023. Copyright: Leon Kuegeler photothek.de

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families of U.S. Embassy San Jose, in San Jose, Costa Rica on January 21, 2020.

Attendees at the groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 2006 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award ceremony and reception, with presentations by ARC President Derrick Crandall and other ARC officials, and award acceptance by Congressman Thomas Petri of Wisconsin

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Venezuelan President Nicol�s Maduro as they sit inside the Cartagena Indias Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, on September 26, 2016, during a bilateral meeting after they both attended a peace ceremony between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that ended a five-decade conflict.

Netherlands, The Hague on 2022-05-19. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visiting The Hague in the Netherlands for a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte followed by a press conference. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, La Haye le 2022-05-19. Le Chancelier Allemand Olaf Scholz en visite pas a La Haye aux Pays-Bas pour entretien avec le Premier Ministre Mark Rutte suivi d une conference de presse. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 49 prime and backup crewmembers participate in a traditional ceremony Sept. 10 to raise the flags of the U.S., Russia and Kazakhstan. Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos will launch on Sept. 24, Kazakh time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-02 vehicle for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, escorted by Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts Director Siyonn Sophearith, enters the courtyard in the National Museum of Cambodia during a tour preceding a series of meetings with government leaders on January 26, 2016, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets State Department employees upon arrival to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2018.

At the launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 50-51 backup crewmembers Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (left), Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Jack Fischer of NASA (right) smile as they are greeted Nov. 1 upon their arrival following a flight from their training base in Star City, Russia. They are the backups to Peggy Whitson of NASA, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, who will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Alexander Vysotsky

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss in Munich, Germany, on February 19, 2022.

Expedition 70 State Commission. Expedition 70 prime crew NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub, along with backup crew members Tracy Dyson and Alexey Ovchinin, right, are seen in quarantine behind glass during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch of Expedition 70 to the international Space Station, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin answers questions during a Expedition 59 post-docking press conference, Friday, March 15, 2019 at the Baikonur Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

In the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the Expedition 31/32 backup crew participated in Victory Day celebration activities May 9, 2012 as they took a break from training for the launch of the Soyuz TMA-04M May 15 to the International Space Station. Victory Day commemorates the triumph of Russia over Nazi Germany in World War II, one of Russias most solemn occasions. From left to right holding flowers are backup NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, backup Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and backup Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin. The prime crew, Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin and NASAs Joe Acaba, are training for their launch in the Soyuz vehicle on May 15 for a four-month mission on the orbital complex.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Ohio Governor John Kasich after they chatted in the Governor�s ceremonial office � where Abraham Lincoln found out he had been elected President � following them paying their respects to the late astronaut John Glenn, the Secretary�s friend and former U.S. Senate colleague, as his body lie in repose in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on December 16, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State walks through the COP21 climate change conference venue, on December 9, 2015, as he speaks with his stepson and environmental entrepreneur Andre Heinz in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families from U.S. Embassy Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 1, 2019.

Members of the 2007 Foreign Service Selection Board posing for group portrait on swearing in day

Expedition 22 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov of Russia, center, has his Russian Sokol suit prepared for launch while NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S., left, and Flight Engineer Soichi Noguchi of Japan wait at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. The Expedition 22 crew members launched in their Soyuz TMA-17 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the annual Unaccompanied Tours Holiday Reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 16, 2015. The holiday reception honors the families of U.S. government employees on assignment at unaccompanied posts around the world, who endure long periods of separation from their loved ones, even at the holidays.

Expedition 43 prime and backup crews are seen in quarantine behind glass, from left, Expedition 43 prime crew members; NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos, Expedition 43 backup crew members; NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams, Russian cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin, and Sergei Volkov of Roscosmos during the State Commission meeting to approve the Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 26, 2015, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Kelly, Kornienko, and Padalka launched to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern time.) As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

Expedition 33/34 Russian Cosmonaut and Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy is escorted to the Soyuz rocket by President of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Vitaly Lopota, prior to his launch onboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft with fellow crew members, NASA Astronaut and Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, and, Russian Cosmonaut and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket will send Ford, Novitskiy and Tarelkin on a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Richard Queen, one of the hostages held by Iranians at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, departs an aircraft upon his return. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Expedition 70 Cosmonaut Hotel Departure. Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, center, and Nikolai Chub depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launch will send Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on a mission to the International Space Station.

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson with Valentina Matvienko (Governor St. Petersburg)

Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, takes a photo as part of her participation in the international humanitarian conference on Sudan and its neighbouring countries. Here she is greeted by Stephane Sejourne, Foreign Minister of France, at the Quai d'Orsay Foreign Ministry. 'Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office'

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the U.S.-Sweden co-hosted Ministerial on Gender Based Violence in Humanitarian Emergencies with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstr�m and Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne Richard, on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on October 1, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Marshallese President Hilda Heine in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia, on August 5, 2019.

Expedition 57 crew members Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, left, and Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) attend a welcome ceremony at the Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan airport after they landed in their Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft with Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station.

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy (right, front row) signs a certification book in a traditional ceremony Sept. 6 as his prime and backup crewmates look on. In the front row are prime crewmates NASA Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins (left) and Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov (center). In the back row are backup crewmembers Steve Swanson of NASA (left), Alexander Skvortsov (center) and Oleg Artemyev (right). Hopkins, Kotov and Ryazanskiy are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, aboard the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

U.S. Ambassador to Portugal Robert Sherman and his wife, Kim Sawyer, hold a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon to celebrate the 239th anniversary of the Independence of the United States on July 3, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Australia employees and family members in Melbourne, Australia, on February 9, 2022.

jsc2017e039896 (04/05/2017) --- Aboard a Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center aircraft, Expedition 51 crewmembers Jack Fischer of NASA (left) and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, right) display their Expedition crew patch on the wall of the cabin April 5 as they traveled to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Fischer and Yurchikhin will launch April 20 on the Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft for a four and a half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

jsc2019e052903 - At their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the backup crewmembers for the next launch to the International Space Station meet with local Kazakh officials Sept. 12 as part of traditional pre-launch activities. On the right are backup spaceflight participant Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos and Tom Marshburn of NASA. They are the backups to the prime Expedition 61 crew, Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos and Jessica Meir of NASA and spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, who will launch Sept. 25 on the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft for a mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, bottom, South Korean spaceflight participant So-yeon Yi and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, top, walk down the airplane steps as they arrive at Chkalovsky Airport near Star City, Russia, Friday, April 19, 2008. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi.

CHKALOVSKY, Russia -- Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson waves to a crowd of well wishers from the top of the airplane steps as she arrives at Chkalovsky airport near Star City along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and South Korean So-yeon Yi. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan meets with Holy See Secretary for Relations with States Paul Gallagher in Munich, Germany on February 17, 2018.

Members of the Expedition 50-51 crew share a light-hearted moment Nov. 1 at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia before departing for their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left to right are Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, Peggy Whitson of NASA, cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency and Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos. Novitskiy, Whitson and Pesquet will launch Nov. 18, Baikonur time, on the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun chats with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen after delivering remarks in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 15, 2020.

Madrid, 03/03/2025. 2024 National Bullfighting Award to filmmaker Albert Serra in the Senate. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

Expedition 43 backup crew members Jeff Williams of NASA, left, and Alexey Ovchinin of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) take a moment during their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft fit check to pose for a photograph while holding their pressurized Russian Sokol suits, including the suit of their fellow backup crew member Sergei Volkov, Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The prime crew members Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, where he addressed newly naturalized U.S. citizens during Citizenship Day ceremonies, met with National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Park Police personnel, and joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio Gonzalez for announcement of joint USCIS-NPS program to welcome new citizens at National Park sites

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrives in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland on May 20, 2021. The Secretary was greeted upon arrival by Greenlandic Premier Mute Egede and Charge d'Affaires to U.S. Mission Demark Stuart A. Dwyer.

Take Pride in America Director Martha Allbright at the podium during award ceremonies, on the rooftop of the Department of Interior headquarters building, honoring individuals, youth groups, schools, organizations, partnerships, businesses involved in volunteer conservation efforts under Take Pride in America

The prime and backup crewmembers for Expedition 28 to the International Space Station pose for pictures at the Kremlin Wall in Red Square May 16, 2011 after conducting traditional activities for the launch of the prime crew June 8 on the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the complex. From left to right are prime Flight Engineer Mike Fossum of NASA, prime Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov, prime Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA backup Flight Engineer Don Pettit, backup Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and backup Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Country Representative Raouf Mazou, waves hello to students at the Dadaab Refugee Camp - largely inhabited by displaced Somalis - as he used he spoke with them via video conference while focusing on refugee matters while visiting Nairobi, Kenya, on May 4, 2015.

Fort Myers, FL (Oct. 5, 2022) - Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy speaks to President Joe Biden, Governor DeSantis and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo arrive in Mal�, Maldives, on October 28, 2020.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Independence National Historical Park and environs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he toured with his wife Patricia, aides, and Independence National Historical Park Deputy Superintendent Darla Sidles, and spoke with National Park Service staff, law enforcement personnel, and visitors

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, the Expedition 39/40 prime crewmembers and family members walk to a bus March 13 before boarding a plane for the flight to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From left to right in the front row are NASA Flight Engineer Steve Swanson, Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), his wife, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and his daughter. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev will launch to the International Space Station March 26, Kazakh time , in the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft for a six-month mission.NASA/Stephanie Stoll

NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson plants a tree during a ceremony where she and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, and Valery Korzun were recognized for their achievements in space flight on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 in Jhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Padalka, Whitson, and Korzun were in Jhezkazgan in preparation for the Expedition 24 Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft landing.

Expedition 43 NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and Russian Cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, center, and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) pose for a photo prior to departing the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, for Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 14, 2015. The trio are preparing for launch to the International Space Station in their Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time. As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

Benazir Bhutto, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, carries a child as she leads her official party off of an airliner upon her arrival for a state visit. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, second from right, and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed, right, as well as Emirati National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon, left, as well as State Department Special Envoy for Libya and Senior Advisor for MEK Resettlement Jonathan Winer, far left, on June 8, 2016, before a bilateral meeting at the al Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Democratic Republic of the Congo President F�lix Tshisekedi at the Untied Nations in New York, New York, on September 23, 2021.

Dr. Hector Martinez provides remarks as the guest speaker for the 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the U.S. Army South Headquarters on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sept. 16, 2022. National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 and recognizes the history, culture and contributions made by Hispanic Americans throughout history.

Secretary Colin Powell and other Department officials with Hispanic Heritage Month Program participants, Delegates Lounge

JSC2002-E-09319 (13 March 2002) --- The STS-109 crew and Johnson Space Centers (JSC) Acting Director Roy Estess enter Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies. From the left are Estess, along with astronauts Scott D. Altman and Duane G. Carey, mission commander and pilot, respectively; and Nancy J. Currie, mission specialist. Out of frame are John M. Grunsfeld, payload commander; and Richard M. Linnehan, James H. Newman, and Michael J. Massimino, all mission specialists.

12-16-03-37-2:Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos (all on the left) are greeted by Russian space officials after arriving at the launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sept. 12 for final pre-launch training. The trio will launch from Baikonur on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.NASA/Victor Zelentsov

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly (left) and Karen Durham-Aguilera (right), executive director, Office of Army Cemeteries and Army National Military Cemeteries walk through the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 18, 2023.

Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel presents the inaugural Emerging Young Leaders Award to Thinzar Shunlei Yi of Burma during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2016.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, center, and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano attend a Karaganda Airport welcome ceremony in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. Koch returned to Earth after logging 328 days in space --- the longest spaceflight in history by a woman --- as a member of Expeditions 59-60-61 on the International Space Station. Skvortsov and Parmitano returned after 201 days in space where they served as Expedition 60-61 crew members onboard the station.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, und James Cleverly, Aussenminister von Grossbritannien, aufgenommen im Rahmen des Cairo Summit for Peace in Kairo, 21.10.2023

Anefo photo collection. Mr Sharif left indonesia, here on the aircraft staircase with Mrs. Sudjarbo (wife of Ambassador. April 7, 1965. Indonesia

Madrid, 12/04/2023. The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, presides over the commemorative events of the 45th Anniversary of the Spanish Constitution at the Real Casa de Correos, headquarters of the Presidency of the Regional Government. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Expedition 39 flight engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, Soyuz commander Aleksander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and flight engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during the final press conference be Monday, March 24, 2014, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission to the International Space Station is set to launch March 26 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke waves hello to his family as he and Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott have their Russian Sokol suits pressure checked prior to launching in the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three crew members are scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Oct. 14. Fincke and Lonchakov will spend six months on the station, while Garriott will return to Earth Oct. 24 with two of the Expedition 17 crew members currently on the International Space Station.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with government delegation from the Republic of Palau, led by Palau President Tommy Remengesau. Secretary Kempthorne and President Remengesau discussed, among other subjects, the possibility of creating a National Heritage Area on the Palau island of Peleliu, along with the upcoming Review of the Palau-U.S. Compact of Free Association.

Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt don their Russian Sokol suits in preparation for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits in a plaza outside the Cartagena Indias Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, on September 26, 2016, as he prepared to witness a peace ceremony between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that ends a five-decade conflict.

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