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Formal Political Reception Photos

Group portraits of prominent figures, including political leaders and their spouses, captured at formal receptions with elegant attire.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, and his wife, Mrs. Zuma, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, and his wife, Mrs. Zuma, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a question from a woman as he meets with a group of 50 Kenyan Young African Leader Initiative Mandela Washington Fellows and graduates of the YALI Regional Leadership Center for East Africa following a series of government meetings on August 22, 2016, at the Villa Rose Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Mexico, Los Pinos Presidential Estate, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice meets with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Foreign Minister Ernesto Luiz Derbez
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets participants in the African Women's Entrepreneurship Program at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 2012.
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Madrid, 04/26/2023. Lunch of Ss.Mm. the Kings to the president of Brazil, Ignacio Lula Da Silva. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.
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U.S. President Barack Obama sits with Cuban President Raul Castro at the Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba, as he members of a U.S. delegation including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attend an exhibition game on March 22, 2016, between the Cuban National Baseball Team and the Tampa Bay Rays.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan shaking hands with Coretta Scott King at signing ceremony for HR 3706 making birthday of Martin Luther King Jr a national Holiday, with Howard Baker, Bob Dole, Katie Hall and Edward Kennedy looking on, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, November 2, 1983
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First Lady Melanie Trump shakes hands with Aliyah Khalaf Saleh of Iraq, as she greets the 2018 International Women of Courage (IWOC) awardees at the U.S. Department of State on March 23, 2018. The 2018 IWOC awardees are Roya Sadat of Afghanistan, Aura Elena Farfan of Guatemala, Dr. Julissa Villanueva of Honduras, Aliyah Khalaf Saleh of Iraq, Sister Maria Elena Berini of Italy (nominated by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See), Aiman Umarova of Kazakhstan, Dr. Feride Rushiti of Kosovo, L�Malouma Said of Mauritania, Godelive Mukasarasi of Rwanda and Sirikan Charoensiri of Thailand. Now in its 12th year, the Secretary of State�s IWOC Award recognizes women around the globe who have demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, gender equality, and women�s empowerment, often at great personal risk and sacrifice. Since the inception of this award in 2007, the State Department has recognized more than 120 women from more than 65 different countr
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, photographed at the UNIDAS award ceremony for Francia Marquez, Vice-President, in Cali, 08.06.2023., Cali, Colombia, South America
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First Lady Michelle Obama waits to be introduced during an event at the Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley, Calif., June 14, 2011.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and First Lady of the United States Melania Trump present Razia Sultana from Bangladesh with the 2019 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award during the ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2019.
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National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley speaks with Secrtary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office of the White House
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Attorney General Erik Holder talks with the White House usher at a dinner for Congressional Committee chairmen and ranking members in the East Room of the White House
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, nimmt Teil am Treffen der Aussenministerinnen und Aussenminister des Berliner Prozesses zum Westlichen Balkan in Tirana, Albanien. Hier mit der Aussenministerin des Kosovo, Donika Gerva
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President George W. Bush touring offices in Main Interior, meeting Department officials and staff
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, photographed at the UNIDAS award ceremony for Francia Marquez, Vice-President, in Cali, 08.06.2023., Cali, Colombia, South America
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President Barack Obama participates in a live interview with YouTube content creator GloZell Green in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 22, 2015.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Susan Coppedge, and members of Congress pose for a photo with the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Heroes at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2017. The 2017 TIP Heroes are Alika Kinan of #Argentina, Leonardo Sakamoto of #Brazil, Vanaja Jasphine of #Cameroon, Viktoria Sebhelyi of #Hungary, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat of #India, Amina Oufroukhi of #Morocco, Allison Lee of #Taiwan, and Boom Mosby of #Thailand.
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First Lady Melania Trump presents the 2017 International Women of Courage Award to Major Aichatou Ousmane Issaka of Niger during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2017.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, First Lady of the United States Melania Trump, and awardee Susanna Liew of Malaysia pose for a photo, at the Department of State on March 4, 2020.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says farewell to Togolese Women's Affairs Minister Kouevi Amedjogbe and Togolese Planning and Development Minister Dede Ahoefa Ekoue in Lome, Togo, on January 17, 2012.
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First Lady Melania Trump delivers remarks at the 2017 Secretary of State�s International Women of Courage Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2017.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with the UN General Secretary's Special Envoy Michael R. Bloomberg at the "Our Cities, Our Climate, working luncheon at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 8, 2015.
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Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken poses for a photo at the Social Good Summit on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 27, 2015.
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President George W. Bush poses with the American Idol finalists in the Oval Office on July 28, 2006.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Tri-Mission meet and greet at the Sembler Building Atrium in Rome, Italy, on October 2, 2019.
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Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. The Director General of the Foreign Service, W. Robert Pearson, and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, were among the speakers and award presenters. Among award recipients were Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary for Political Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, Jordan, and the United Nations; William Calderhead, former Executive Director of the Bureau of Inter American Affairs; and Patricia Carter of the .
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton honors Fatimata MBaye of Mauritania, a 2012 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Hero, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2012.
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President Barack Obama and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra greet young performers during a dinner at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18, 2012.
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Photograph of President Donald Trump with his wife Melania Trump attending the NATO Summit in London, December 2019
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National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell in the Rose Garden of the White House.
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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.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors Awardees - Earth, Wind & Fire, Sally Field, Linda Ronstadt, Sesame Street, and Michael Tilson Thomas - for dinner at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, DC, on December 7, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with members of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Show Choir after their performance at a working luncheon that the Secretary hosted in honor of Nordic leaders: Finnish President Sauli Niinist�, Norwegian Prime Minster Erna Solberg, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan L�fven, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Icelandic Prime Minster Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2016.
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First Lady of the United States Melania Trump presents the 2018 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award to Aliyah Khalaf Saleh of Iraq during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2018.
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Honoree Dr. Lee Ae-ran of the Republic of Korea stands at the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. March 10, 2010.
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The 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees James Todd Smith "LLCoolJ", Lionel Ritchie, Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear and Gloria Estefan pose for a photo at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2017.
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President Barack Obama celebrates the 20th anniversary of Air Force One with members of the crew during a flight from Milwaukee, Wisc., to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Sept. 6, 2010.
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First Lady Michelle Obama greets Sherri Shepherd of "The View" at the show's studio in New York, N.Y., May 29, 2012.
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First Lady Michelle Obama receives applause following her commencement address to the 2011 graduating class at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, May 7, 2011.
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Indian badminton player silver medallist P V Sindhu parents PV Ramana P Vijaya felicitation function organised OGQ Mumbai India Copyright: xSolaris/DinodiaxPhotox
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Pride Month "Fireside Chat" event with The Honorable Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation and CAPT Kelly Elmore, MC, USN, Chief of Staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) on 29 June, 2022 in Clark Auditorium, WRNMMC.(Photographs by Harvey A. Duze - Office of Command Communications)