Formal Government Events

Depictions of formal gatherings involving government officials, showcasing emotions like discussion and ceremony in elegant indoor settings, with flags and official decor.

President Bush meets with Bob Dole and Donna Shalala on their co-chairing a commission investigating veteran care in the wake of

June 25, 2014 "The Vice President talks to Alaska Senator Mark Begich during the President's reception with Senate Democrats in the Cross Hall of the White House."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts a swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Tim Broas at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2014.

U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Denise Bauer introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he addressed employees of the U.S. Mission to Belgium and the U.S. Mission to the European Union on May 20, 2016, at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Westmacott after delivering remarks at a farewell reception in the Ambassador's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 7, 2016.

President Barack Obama meets with former Defense Secretary William Perry; former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn; former Secretary of State George P. Shultz; and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office, to discuss the U.S. non-proliferation policy, May 19, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chats with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, Charge d'Affaires Tom Cooney, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Steve Goldstein and Western Hemisphere Affairs Assistant Secretary Francisco Palmieri at Palacio San Martin in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 4, 2018.

President Bush meets with Bob Dole and Donna Shalala on their co-chairing a commission investigating veteran care in the wake of

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S. President�s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Diplomatic Reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry swears in Rabbi David Saperstein as the new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 20, 2105.

U.S. President Bill Clinton and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl walking out of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Barbara Kinney, White House Photographer, March 26, 1993

Vice President Joe Biden and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett leave the Economic Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, Oct. 8, 2009.

With Teresa Heinz Kerry looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets Comedy Central show host Stephen Colbert, who emceed the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors, before a dinner that the Secretary hosted in honor of the 2014 Kennedy Center event, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 6, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Patrick Leahy of Vermont in a hallway near the U.S. Senate Chamber as the Secretary attended meetings on September 9, 2015, in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Red Room of the White House, June 22, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Comedian Stephen Colbert of the Late Show at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 5, 2015.

President Barack Obama meets with former President George H.W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush in the Oval Office, Jan. 27, 2012.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden swears in Secretary of State John Kerry, surrounded by his family, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., February 6, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore before a State Luncheon in his honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 2, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo welcomes President Donald J. Trump to the Tri-Mission Brussels Meet-and-Greet in Brussels, Belgium on July 11, 2018.

U.S. President Bill Clinton meeting with American Actress Jane Fonda and American media entrepreneur Ted Turner in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Bob McNeely, White House Photographer, March 17, 1993

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with American Foreign Service Association President Bob Silverman, former Senator Richard Lugar, U.S. Representative Chris Van Hollen, American journalist Andrea Mitchell, and others before delivering remarks at an event celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the United States Foreign Service at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2014. The modern Foreign Service was created on May 24, 1924, with the passage of the Rogers Act establishing the current merit-based, professional Foreign Service.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, listen as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2013.

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looking on, Deborah Birx delivers remarks at her swearing-in ceremony to become Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as newly sworn-in U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson addresses colleagues and staff during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2016.

With Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva looking on, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greets Portuguese Ambassador to the U.S. Domingos Fezas Vital, before his meeting with the Foreign Minister at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2017.

Vice President Kamala Harris swears-in Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative Thursday. March 18, 2021, in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

U.S. Ambassador to Australia John Berry introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the staff and family members of Embassy Canberra and Consulate Sydney after completion of a successful Australia-U.S. Ministerial meeting in Sydney, Australia on August 12, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses the media at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks at a joint press availability with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 17, 2017.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Vera Hartman

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo officiates the swearing-in ceremony for the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia John P. Abizaid at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with His Holiness Pope Francis in Vatican City, on October 3, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a bust of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he walks with Brazil Foreign Minister Jose Serra on August 5, 2016, at the Palacio Itamaraty in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, before a bilateral meeting amid his duties leading the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gives remarks at the Truman Foundation Fortieth Anniversary event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on June 22, 2016.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a small group dinner hosted by U.S. Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson, in London, United Kingdom, on July 21, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates Ambassador Arnold Chacon after swearing him in as the new Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources (DGHR), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 8, 2015.

President Barack Obama speaks with Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, in the Blue Room of the White House prior to signing the health insurance reform bill, March 23, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright before his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., February 6, 2013.

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

President Barack Obama poses with Apollo 11 astronauts, from left, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, Monday, July 20, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stops to greet Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgh at the conclusion of a reception in the East Room of the White House, August 12, 2009.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in a joint press availability with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, Egypt on February 12, 2018.

10/26/2001. Madrid 10-27-01. The King closes the conference on Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Photo: Julian de Domingo. Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and New Zealander Prime Minister Bill English shake hands after their press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, on June 6, 2017.

From left to right, U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Premier of South Australia Jay Weatherall, and Governor of South Australia Rear Admiral Kevin Searce meet at the Government House in Adelaide, Australia, November 15, 2012.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford circa 24 March 1977.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signs the guestbook at Anitkabir, Mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey, on March 30, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Ellen E. McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2019.

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford meeting with Soviet Union Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, August 14, 1974

Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon gather at the White House during funeral for Hubert Humphrey. circa 15 January 1978.

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks on the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in the Grand Foyer of the White House.

President and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at the unveiling of their official White House portraits in the East Room of the White House. The portraits are the work of painter Simmie Knox.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Canadian Associate Deputy Foreign Minister Diane Jacovella on June 14, 2016, after arriving at the Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for a huddle with like-minded nations before participating in the 46th Regular Session of the Organization of American States General Assembly.

U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman briefs U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna, Austria, on July 13, 2014, before they begin a bilateral meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif focused on his country's nuclear program.

President Bush attends swearing-in of John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State

President George W. Bush walks into a ceremony of Pacific American Heritage month in the East Room of the White House on May 10, 2007.

Flanked by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a State Luncheon in honor of the Prime Minister at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 18, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses with Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 17, 2016, during a courtesy call that followed a series of bilateral meetings between representatives of each country.

President Barack Obama chats with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett in the Blue Room of the White House before holding a press conference, Nov. 3, 2010.

President Bush meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Event honoring the Washington National Opera in the Benjamin Franklin Room, with appearances by Secretary Condoleezza Rice and other Department officials

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with doctors from the University Hospitals of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 2, 2016, as he visited the U.S. Mission in Geneva and thanked the first responders who treated him after he broke his leg in a biking accident in nearby France on May 31, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Egypt-Israel Treaty of Peace 40th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2019

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Bogota, Colombia, on September 19, 2020.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the unveiling of the Ronald Reagan Statue at the U.S. Embassy, in Berlin, Germany on November 8, 2019.

President Barack Obama drops by a farewell reception for U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House, Feb. 25, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in a Flag Ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., January 9, 2013.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Omani Ambassador to the United States Hunaina Al-Mughairy at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 24, 2020.

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press availability with Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic in Montenegro, on October 4, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Australia Gen. David Hurley AC DSC (Ret'd), Governor of New South Wales, and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop for Foreign Affairs at the NSW Government House ahead of AUSMIN 2017 in Sydney, Australia on 5 June 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reviews historical documents outlining the history of the U.S. Ambassador's Residence on the grounds of Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 1, 2014.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev shaking hands on White House lawn after State Visit and signing of INF Treaty, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, December 8, 1987

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome Italy on June 28, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina, at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2022.

President George W. Bush and for First Lady Laura Bush at the unveiling of their official White House Portrait in the East Room of the White House on May 31, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca of the Republic of Moldova at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 20, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a cellphone picture with a member of one of the three State Department missions in Vienna, Austria, after addressing her and her co-workers during a break in the Iran nuclear talks on July 14, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a swearing-in ceremony for Joyce Barr as Assistant Secretary of State for Administration at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 8, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2017.

University of Denver Chancellor Emeritus Daniel Ritchie, Nancy Anschutz of the Anschutz Family Foundation, National Park Foundation President Vin Cipolla, businessman Philip Anschutz, and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right, at National Park Foundation event at Phipps Mansion, Denver, Colorado

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Athens in Athens, Greece, on October 5, 2019.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier im Kapitol bei einem Treffen mit dem Minderheitsfuehrer des Senats der Vereinigten Staaten, Mitch McConnell

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greets Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso before addressing reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 30, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts the State Department Diplomatic Reception Room Donor Reception, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2019.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, April 5, 1987

U.S. President Bill Clinton shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat applauds during ceremony for Middle East Peace agreement signing, South Lawn of White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Vince Musi, White House Photographer, September 13, 1993

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greets Finland Foreign Minister Timo Juhani Soini during the working lunch for members of the Ninth Community of Democracies Governing Council Ministerial, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2017._

President Bush attends a presentation of the Medal of Honor. President George W. Bush leads the applause in honor of Private First Class Ross A. McGinnis, U.S. Army, after presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to his parents, Tom and Romayne McGinnis, of Knox, Pennsylvania, during ceremonies Monday, June 6, 2008, at the White House. White House

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with staff and families of Tri-Mission Rome -- the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy; the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See; and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies -- in Rome, Italy, on February 28, 2013.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken poses for a photo with former Deputy Secretaries of State Bill Burns, Clifton Wharton, and John Negroponte at a Foreign Service Institute reception highlighting American diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 2016.

Vice President Joe Biden swearing in Secretary Geithner as United States Secretary of the Treasury on January 26, 2009 in the Cash Room. President Barack Obama and Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner look on.

Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats honors the former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, and the former President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as recipients of the 2011 World Food Prize, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2011.

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