Government Meetings and Briefings

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

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a listening session with AAPI community leaders Friday, March 19, 2021, at Emory University in Atlanta.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris participate in a Cabinet meeting Thursday, April 1, 2021, in the East Room of the White House.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

With Vice President Joe Biden looking on, newly sworn-in U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson delivers remarks at a ceremony in her honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 2016.

Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (RUE) Laura Cooper answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2022.

Vice President Kamala Harris sits for an interview with NBCs “The Today Show”, Feb. 17, 2021, from her ceremonial office in the EEOB in Washington, D.C.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks speaks during the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Change of Command ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Feb. 5, 2024. (DoD

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

Jessica Simpson and Operation Smile visit the U.S. Capitol

Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks during an American Rescue Plan virtual event with President Joe Biden to thank stakeholders Friday, March 12, 2021, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2022.

First Lady Laura Bush at Capitol Hill ceremony, Washington, D.C., marking announcement of first round of Preserve America grants and designation of first five Preserve America Community Neighborhoods

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Austrian Federal Minister of Defense Klaudia Tanner hold a meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 10, 2022.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the press at the demilitarized zone in Panmunjom, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2022. The visit to the DMZ is an ongoing tradition that reestablishes faith in the alliance between the Republic of Korea and U.S. forces.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the press at the demilitarized zone in Panmunjom, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2022. The visit to the DMZ is an ongoing tradition that reestablishes faith in the alliance between the Republic of Korea and U.S. forces.

WASHINGTON--5/16/02--NATL-- National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice answers a question from the press during a briefing about what security information the White House had prior

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss in New York City, New York, on September 20, 2021.

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

MERYL STREEP in DON'T LOOK UP (2021), directed by ADAM MCKAY.

First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visit Fort Drum, NY, January 30, 2023. Dr. Biden's visit was geared toward making on post living better for Soldiers and their families.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden listen as soccer player Margaret Midge” Purce delivers remarks during a virtual Equal Pay Day event Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 22, 2022.

Vice President Harris and French President Macron meet at NASA HQ. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks prior to meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for an Earth Science briefing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Administrator Nelson and Vice President Harris met with French President Emmanuel Macron to highlight space cooperation between the United States and France.

Vice President Kamala Harris virtually swears-in Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, from the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

United States, Washington, D.C. Laura, Jenna, and Barbara Pierce Bush applaud as George W. Bush delivers the State of The Union Address at a joint session of Congress on January 28, 2008.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus facilitates a joint press conference with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.

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

Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky; Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller; Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf; and New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith.

FRA - POLITICS - JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN ET NATHALIE LOISEAU À RENNESDans le cardre de la capagne pour les élections européennes, Nathalie Loiseau, tête de liste Renaissance (La République En Marche et MODEM), et Jean Yves Le Drian, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, se sont rendu à Rennes.FRA - POLITICS - JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN AND NATHALIE REINDEER BIRDIn the heart of the campaign for the European elections, Nathalie Loiseau, head of the Renaissance list (La République En Marche and MODEM), and Jean Yves Le Drian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, went to Rennes.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Madrid, 02/22/2018. Interview with Fatima Bañez, Minister of Labor. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

Madrid, 03/16/2019. The president of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado, presents his candidates to the Congress of Deputies. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and newly elected House leadership talk to the media

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb.22, 2022.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications Jen Rae Wang introduces Jim Bridenstine and Vice President Mike Pence ahead of Bridenstine being sworn in as the 13th NASA Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt addresses the audience at an interfaith Iftar reception to mark World Refugee Day at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Virginia, on June 20, 2016.

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Press Conference Cuba (Secretary Gutierrez and Condoleezza Rice)

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, and Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield chat before the 16th Annual International Women of Courage ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2022.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, photographed at a press conference in Jeddah, 15.05.2023. Baerbock is travelling to Saudi Arabia and Qatar on her three-day trip, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Asia

FRA - POLITICS - JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN ET NATHALIE LOISEAU À RENNESDans le cardre de la capagne pour les élections européennes, Nathalie Loiseau, tête de liste Renaissance (La République En Marche et MODEM), et Jean Yves Le Drian, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, se sont rendu à Rennes.FRA - POLITICS - JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN AND NATHALIE REINDEER BIRDIn the heart of the campaign for the European elections, Nathalie Loiseau, head of the Renaissance list (La République En Marche and MODEM), and Jean Yves Le Drian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, went to Rennes.

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

Chelsea Clinton assists her mother, Hillary Clinton, with campaigning in Iowa.

LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 19: (R-L) Actress Eva Longoria and Actress America Ferrera wave to attendees during a Hillary Clinton campaign rally at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

ALFRE WOODARD and KATHERINE HEIGL in STATE OF AFFAIRS (2014), directed by JOE CARNAHAN.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland delivers remarks to the press on Afghanistan in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 1, 2021.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb.22, 2022.

President Joe Biden And Vice President Kamala Harris walk from the Rose Garden of the White House to the Oval Office Friday, March 12, 2021, following their remarks celebrating the passage of the American Rescue Plan.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2024.

Events marking the designation of Graceland Mansion, home of Elvis Presley, Memphis, Tennessee, as a National Historic Landmark, with appearance by actress Priscilla Presley

(R-L) Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ute Hohoff, Judge at the Federal Supreme Court, photographed on their way from the United Nations Headquarters to the German House in New York City, 17.07.2023. Annalena Baerbock travels to New York to attend the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Court of Justice., New York City, United States, North America

Michelle Obama

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2022.

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman speaks with the State Department�s Asian American Foreign Affairs Association (AAFAA), from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2021.

Meghan McCain

Vice President Kamala Harris listens as a National Security Council briefer talks during the daily presidential briefing Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 10, 2022.

Members of the press address Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2024.

U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley flanked by U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo addresses the press in New York, New York on July 20, 2018.

Musician and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow speaks at the Capitol with the National Breast Cancer Coalition

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets embassy personnel and their families at the U.S. Embassy Beijing meet and greet in Beijing, China on June 14, 2018.

U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice delivers closing remarks during the the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a meet and greet at U.S. Embassy Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada on August 22, 2019.

Katja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia, photographed during the award ceremony of the Walter Rathenau Prize in Berlin, 19.03.2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Henry Waxman speak to the media in the East Room of the White House

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, fotografiert bei ihrer Teilnahme an der hochrangigen offenen Debatte ueber den Nahen Osten im Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen. Hier mit der Aussenministerin von Indonesien, Retno

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2023.

Events marking the designation of Graceland Mansion, home of Elvis Presley, Memphis, Tennessee, as a National Historic Landmark, with appearance by actress Priscilla Presley

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks walks with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media following the democratic take-over of the House

Madrid, 06/13/2017. Motion of censure in the Congress of Deputies to the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, recorded during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, 03.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

President Joe Biden participates in a phone interview with Univision Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, aboard Air Force One en route to Houston.

Vice President Harris and President Yoon at GSFC. President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea, left, delivers remarks alongside Vice President Kamala Harris during a tour of NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, in Greenbelt, Md.

Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff attend Presi

Madrid, 10/12/2016. King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, Princess of Asturias Leonor and Infanta Sofía, preside over the commemorative parade of the National Holiday, on Hispanic Heritage Day. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Neil Gorsuch officiates the swearing- in ceremony for Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Mary Elizabeth Taylor, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 10, 2018.

Susan Elizabeth Rice the United States National Security Advisor art a press briefing in the White House Press briefing room on November 12, 2015

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice listens to Rock singer, activist Bono speak at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington,DC on February 2, 2006.

John McCain and CIndy McCain

Jennifer Griffin, a member of the Pentagon Press asks Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby questions during a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Vice President Kamala Harris talks on the phone with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in her West Wing Office of the White House.

Vice President Kamala Harris looks on as Victoria Legerwood-Rivera, an Attendance Counselor at Stoddert Elementary School in Washington, D.C., receives a COVID-19 vaccine during an event with President Joe Biden, celebrating the 50 millionth COVID-19 vaccination Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

Vice President of the United States Kamala D. Harris greets Charmaine Dunn, wife of CMSgt Jerry Dunn, during her arrival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sep. 26, 2022. Vice President Harris will join other dignitaries and world leaders to pay tribute to the life and memory of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his state funeral.

Vice President Kamala Harris talks on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at the Blair House in Washington, D.C.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2022.

Events marking designation of Graceland Mansion, home of Elvis Presley, Memphis, Tennessee, as National Historic Landmark, with appearances by Secretary Gale Norton, at podium, and actress Priscilla Presley

Karenna Gore Schiff greets the crowd at the 2000 Democratic Convention at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman hosts a trilateral meeting with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori Takeo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2021.

21/10/2022 Rome, Consultations, the President of the Republic meets the delegations of the Fratelli d'Italia, Forza Italia and Lega. In the photo Antonio Tajani, Licia Ronzulli, Silvio Berlusconi, Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini, Maurizio Lupi

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the press at the demilitarized zone in Panmunjom, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2022. The visit to the DMZ is an ongoing tradition that reestablishes faith in the alliance between the Republic of Korea and U.S. forces.

Congressional Space Medal of Honor Ceremony. Former NASA astronaut Robert Behnken is congratulated by Vice President Kamala Harris after being awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Washington. Former astronauts Behnken and Douglas Hurley were awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for their bravery in NASAs SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 to the International Space Station in 2020, the first crewed flight as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program.

Anita Hill testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Washington, D.C., USA, R. Michael Jenkins, October 11, 1991

Cindy McCain campaigning in Pennsylvania

Musician and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow speaks at the Capitol with the National Breast Cancer Coalition

Events marking designation of Graceland Mansion, home of Elvis Presley, Memphis, Tennessee, as National Historic Landmark, with appearances by Secretary Gale Norton, at podium, and actress Priscilla Presley

Uruguayan President-elect Jos� Mujica speaks beside U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in a joint press conference at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo, Uruguay March 1, 2010.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Morgan on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 22, 2021.

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