Government and Leadership Meetings

Images depicting high-level discussions in governmental settings. Leaders engaged in meetings, highlighting power and decision-making.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 2021.

President Barack Obama meets with a group of business, law enforcement, faith, and current and former elected leaders to discuss immigration, in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 19, 2011.

Cupcakes are served to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and economic advisor Austan Goolsbee during a surprise Oval Office celebration in honor of their shared birthday, Aug. 18, 2009.

President Joe Biden, joined by White House staff, talks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in the White House Situation Room.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during the Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 25, 2021.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden wait with members of the economic team in the Oval Office before a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sept. 15, 2010.

Nancy Pelosi receives gifts on her birthday, prior to a Congressional leadership briefing on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Cabinet Room of the White House, March 26, 2009.

President Barack Obama works in the Oval Office with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, on remarks on the Administration's review of U.S. intelligence programs, Jan. 17, 2014.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022.

President Barack Obama drops by a meeting between National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz of Israel, third from left, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 21, 2012.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on U.S. foreign policy at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.

President Barack Obama meets with advisors in the Oval Office, June 25, 2009.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a department press briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2021.

President Barack Obama discusses health care strategy with Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office, March 19, 2010.

Oct. 18, 2013 "Light matters. The paper that the President was writing on provided some fill light as he worked at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office."

President Barack Obama talks with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the preparations for the severe winter weather impacting a large part of the country during a phone call in the Oval Office, Feb. 1, 2011.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with bipartisan Congressional leadership in the Oval Office Private Dining Room, Nov. 30, 2010. Attending the meeting, clockwise from President Obama are: Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Majority Leader; Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Republican Leader; Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Assistant Majority Leader; Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Republican Whip; Vice President Biden, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., Republican Whip; Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Majority Leader; Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, Republican Leader; and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual meet and greet with U.S. Mission Republic of Korea, in Seoul, Republic of Korea on March 17, 2021.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with BP executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 16, 2010, to discuss the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Pictured, from left, are BP CEO Tony Hayward, BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, BP General Counsel Rupert Bondy, BP Managing Director Robert Dudley, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

President Barack Obama meets with New Democrat Coalition Congressional leadership in the Oval Office, March 4, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry jots down notes as he listens to a question during a news conference with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario in Manila, Philippines, on December 17, 2013.

President GW Bush talks to media at the conclusion of a cabinet meeting.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin provide an update on Iran Policy and Sanctions at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2018.

President Barack Obama looks over prepared remarks in the Outer Oval Office, June 23, 2010. Pictured, from left, are Phil Schiliro, assistant to the President for legislative affairs, Vice President Joe Biden, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

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

Oct. 1, 2010 "Most of the White House staff had gathered on the Truman Balcony to bid farewell to outgoing Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. But the national security staff had to pull the President aside to the Treaty Room to give him an update on the terrorist threats in Europe."

President Barack Obama drops by an Affordable Care Act meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 12, 2014.

President Barrack Obama meets in the Oval Office with members of the Senate Finance Committee August 6, 2009.

An advisor holds a file during President Barack Obama's phone call with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Oval Office, Oct. 13, 2009.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERENCE

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

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

President Barack Obama sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office during a conference call with people of faith, August 19, 2009. Official White House Photograph by Pete Souza. This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

President Barack Obama works on his statement concerning the situation in Libya with, from left, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 19, 2011.

President Barack Obama talks with advisors before meeting with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing budget negotiations on a funding bill, April 7, 2011. Meeting with the President, from left, are: Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; and National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling.

Oct. 10, 2013 "The faces of others give an indication of the President's mood at the conclusion of a meeting to discuss the problems associated with enrollment in the Affordable Care Act."

President Barack Obama is briefed about the H1N1 flu in the Situation Room of the White House, April 24, 2009.

From left, Gene Sperling, advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, confers with Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner talks with Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council during a budget session in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 6, 2009.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 2023.

President Barack Obama meets with the Senate Republican Caucus, May 12, 2011. Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. (BSLOC_2015_13_219)

President Barack Obama makes remarks during the leaders' lunch at the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Penn., Sept. 25, 2009.

During a day of meetings in Moscow, Russia, President Barack Obama is briefed by advisors (from left): Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Assistant to the President Mona Sutphen, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, NSC spokseman Mike Hammer, NSC Chief of Staff Mark Lippert, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Denis McDonough, NSC senior director for Russian affairs Mike McFaul, July 7, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, September 3, 2013. (left to right: Speaker John Boehner, President Obama).

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Chilean Foreign Minister Andr�s Allamand, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2021.

President Barack Obama meets with members of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies in the Situation Room of the White House, Dec. 18, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 2022.

April 17, 2015 "Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes needed some assistance with his wardrobe so the President joined Brian Mosteller, Director of Oval Office Operations, and Personal Aide Ferial Govashiri in helping to spruce him up."

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Tom Frieden who updated the President this afternoon on the recently-diagnosed Ebola case in Dallas, Texas, in the Oval Office, Sept. 30, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2021.

President Barack Obama signs a letter to a Cuban letter writer, in the Oval Office, March 14, 2016.

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

President Barack Obama receives a briefing before a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, N.Y., Sept. 21, 2011. From left are: Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Liz Sherwood-Randall, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for European Affairs; Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Phil Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; and Michael Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor of Economic Affairs.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a Afghanistan Task Force and Relocation Volunteers Recognition Ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2021. The Secretary recognized the Department�s efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 124,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans over the past five months.

President Barack Obama talks with members of his staff in the Oval Office following a meeting with the Congressional leadership, July 7, 2011. Pictured with the President, from left, are: Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President; National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling; Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans with Members of Congress

President's Quality Awards 2005 ceremony, honoring progress made by federal agencies in improving management systems and work processes, at Washington, D.C.'s Corcoran Museum, with award presentations by Office of Personnel Management Director Linda Springer and Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua Bolten, and award acceptances by Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Social Security Administration Commissioner Jo Anne Barnhart, and Department of State Undersecretary for Management Henrietta Fore

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a _virtual _ministerial_ meeting_ with _key partners_ on _Afghanistan,_ including_ Canada, France, Germany, Italy,_ Japan, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Qatar, the European Union, and NATO, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 2021.

President Barack Obama makes phone calls regarding the auto industry in the Oval Office, March 29, 2009.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2021.

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Office of the Administrator - Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rule Signing - Administrator Gina McCarthy signing the rule governing carbon dioxide emissions , Environmental Protection Agency

President Barack Obama waits to be introduced at a critical infrastructure CEOs meeting on cyber security in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, July 14, 2010.

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 of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at the inaugural meeting of the Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 2021. Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley joined Secretary Blinken.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the swearing-in ceremony for the 103rd Civil Service Class at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2014.

President Barack Obama is briefed during a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Aug. 18, 2011.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, right, confers with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office, July 18, 2014. This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

African American businessman looking at paperwork

Anefo photo collection. House Representatives, Secretary King (L) Minister De Korte questions "WIR Lek". March 22, 1988

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a youth moderated discussion on democracy and human rights, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans with Members of Congress

Office of the Secretary - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT SIGNING CEREMONY

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

March 9, 2009 To appreciate this photograph, one must know the iconic photograph by Stanley Tretick of John Kennedy Jr. crawling out from the trap door of this same desk while his father, President Kennedy, worked at the desk. Caroline Kennedy had stopped by to see President Obama, and when she mentioned that he was using the same desk as her father, the President immediately remembered the Tretick picture and tried to open the trap door. It was locked and no one had a key.”

President Barack Obama reads a document following a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Sept. 27, 2010.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans with Members of Congress

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina talks with Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs, during a senior advisors meeting in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama May 8, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Amelie De Montchalin, Secretary of State for European Affairs, inaugurates Brittany Ferries' new training centre in Saint-Malo.Jean-Yves Le Drian, Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangeres, et Amelie De Montchalin, Secretaire d'Etat chargee des Affaires Europeennes, inaugure le nouveau centre de formation de Brittany Ferries à Saint-Malo.

Svenja Schulze (SPD), Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin, 19 March 2024

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). National Museum of the American Indian , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

Events at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 16-18, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce of California and Eliot Engel of New York on February 25, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., before the Secretary testified in front of their panel about the Obama Administration's 2017 federal budget proposal.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

President Barack Obama stretches while meeting with members of his national security team in the Oval Office on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao during the morning plenary session of the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Penn., Sept. 25, 2009.

2008 Democratic candidates for President speak at the DNC winter meeting

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during testimony in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The Senate hearing focused on assured access to space.

Announcement, at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Defense One Technology Editor Patrick Tucker speak at the virtual Defense One Tech Summit at the Pentagon, June 13, 2022. The Defense One keynote interview covered DODs approach to innovation and how power competition is shaping national security technology priorities.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Transformational Leadership Conference (TLC) Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - House Hearing , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in the Reuters NEXT Virtual Global Conference from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2021.

President Barack Obama signs H.R. 2751, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act,” in the Oval Office, Jan. 4, 2011.

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