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Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communities. Among the federal agency representatives participating in the Summit along with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Joxel Garcia.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - 40th Anniversary Speakers Series, William Ruckelshaus , Environmental Protection Agency

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and CEO and editor of the FP Group David Rothkopf looking on, United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba delivers remarks at Foreign Policy�s 4th annual Diplomat of the Year award dinner in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 2015.

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

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Baldridge National Quality Award Ceremony

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Panelists on the panel, USAID-CT PFAN: Facilitating Clean Energy Finance and Technology Transfer for Developing Countries, respond to questions from the audience at the U.S. Center at COP-16 in Cancun, Mexico, on December 7, 2010.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at 2001 Business Leader of the Year at Georgetown University

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mortgage Bankers Association

Mexican Foreign Secretary Jos� Antonio Meade chats with an adviser while standing underneath "Webster Replying to Hayne," which depicts Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster debating with Senator Robert Hayne about preserving the Union when the United States was on the brink of the Civil War, during a break in the North American Ministerial meeting focused on trilateral issues with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird in the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall in the Secretary's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 31, 2015.

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Standing with U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley, far right, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Crystal Nix-Hines, left, and U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Daniel Yohannes, far left, Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken delivers remarks at a meet and greet at Tri-Mission Paris in France on March 2, 2015.

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

Office of Disability Employment Policy - 11th Anniversary of American Disabilities Act (ADA) with Teddy Pendegrass

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - National Summit on Competitiveness

NASA Town Hall. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana, listen as NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails answers a question during a NASA town hall event, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington.

Office of the Secretary - Class Action Reform Event with PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Employment and Training Administration - 21st Century Workforce Summit at MCI Center Washington, DC

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE DIGITAL FREEDOM

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo speaks at an Embassy Meet and Greet during his visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 3, 2018.

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES / AFRICA BUSINESS SUMMIT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the Launch of the Inter-American Social Protection Network at the Westin hotel during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 22, 2009.

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers a speech on "What America Stands For" in Bushnell, Florida, on January 23, 2020.

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE SENATE ENERGY BILL

Speakers address participants at a general session on Different Faiths Advancing Religious Freedom Together at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.

Seminar on gay history, sponsored by Interior's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employee Organization (GLOBE)

NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, William Gerstenmaier, right, talks as NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot, left, NASA Associate Administrator Science John Grunsfeld, Ph.D, second from left, and NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology, Mike Gazarik, Ph.D, look on during the Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day at NASA Headquarters on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Washington. During the event NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and other senior NASA officials discussed the progress being made on NASA's mission to capture, redirect, and explore an asteroid. NASA also announced an Asteroid Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses young Russian professionals at the American Center in Moscow, Russia, on March 23, 2016.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of Administration - 2nd Annual Veterans Owned Business Conference

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference International Property Rights

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks participates in a fireside chat with the Board of Intelligence and National Security Alliance Chairman Letitia A. Long during the 2022 Intelligence and National Security Summit, National Harbor, MD, Sept. 15, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, right, asks a question during a NASA town hall event with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Douglas Loverro, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Panelists at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) NATIONAL CONFERENCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration - National Summit on Retirement Savings Delegrate Reception Cont.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Catherine Novelli delivers the opening address at the 2014 "Our Ocean" Conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 16, 2014.

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

Office of the Secretary - ECONOMIC EVENT WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Bobby Bruckner, manager, ELV and Payload Carrier Programs, speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the E&O Building at KSC. Home for NASAs unmanned missions since 1964, the building has been renovated to house the Expendable Launch Vehicle Program

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference International Property Rights

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM PROMOTION AND ADVISORY BOARD

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

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

Secretary Gale Norton speaking on national energy issues at the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Mackinac Policy Conference in the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Speaker at podium speaks at luncheon honoring the First Ladies of the state in front of the state flag November 17, 2004 in the build-up to the opening of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library November 18 in little rock, AK

Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communities. Among the federal agency representatives participating in the Summit along with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Joxel Garcia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, addresses reporters in Great Hall at Faneuil Hall in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 31, 2015, during a news conference that followed a North American Ministerial meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jos� Antonio Meade focused on trilateral issues.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives remarks on the need to mobilize public-private partnerships to meet the Sustainable Development Goals at the Concordia Summit, in partnership with New America, during a session entitled �The Trillion Dollar Challenge: A New Business Model for Investing in Social Impact and Development,� in New York City, New York on September 19, 2016.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (April 6, 2022) - The commander of U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson, provides opening remarks for the Caribbean Nations Security Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados. CANSEC 22 brought together leaders from partner nations around the Caribbean region and other allied nations to discuss security cooperation issues ranging from climate change to countering transnational criminal organizations to natural disaster response April 5-7, 2022.

Bureau of Economic Analysis - MENTORING PROGRAM

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo delivers the keynote address at the Inaugural Indo_Pacific Business Forum, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., on July 30, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses employees of Embassy Kinshasa during a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 3, 2014.

Senator John Kerry at podium of major policy address on the economy, CSU- Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, CA

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Nigeria, in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

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

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken participates in a Q&A with Kathleen Hicks of the Center for Strategic and International Studies after delivering remarks on the value of U.S. Alliances in the 21st Century at CSIS in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 2016.

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

Washington, DC, May 23, 2006 Acting FEMA Director David Paulison (at Podium), (l-r)Secretary fo the Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Under Secretary for Preparedness George Foresman, Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul McHale, Admiral Timothy Keating and Lt. General Steven Blum participate in a press briefing on preparations for the 2006 hurricane season. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

Cornerstone Laying Ceremony, Rayburn House Office Building, 10:28AM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building, dedicated to the late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. Those seated on platform include: Representative Leslie C. Arends (Illinois); Representative Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Representative E. C. Took Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative James W. Trimble (Arkansas); Representative Roman C. Pucinski (Illinois); Speaker of the House and Chairman of the House Office Building Commission, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Representative Neal Smith (Iowa); Representative Howard W. Smith (Virginia); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Matthew H. McCloskey; Representative William L. Dawson (Illin

Office of the Administrator - National Capital Forum on Hispanic Higher Education , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Cato Address

Democratic Convention at Staples Center, Former President Bill Clinton's farewell address of 2000, Los Angeles, CA

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Speaker Series with Spike Lee , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - AGOA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Minerals Management Service (MMS)-sponsored briefing, at Main Interior, on energy resource protection preparations for the 2007 hurricane season, with presentations by MMS Deputy Director Walter Cruickshank, Department of Energy's Director of Energy Assurance Alex de Alvarez, American Petroleum Institute President and Chief Executive Officer Red Cavaney, and Coast Guard Rear Admiral Wayne Justice, Assistant Commandant for Capability and Director of Response Policy at Coast Guard Headquarters

Bureau of Industry and Security - Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Update 2005 Conference

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to Guatemala

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Speaks at International Franchise Association Meeting

Office of the Secretary - WORLD FUEL CONFERENCE

Employment and Training Administration - Department of Labor (DOL) National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Awards Ceremony

Republican National Convention 2004 in New York City

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