Government Meetings and Conferences

Images of formal gatherings involving discussions, briefings, and recognition ceremonies. Features individuals seated in various professional settings, often with flags in the background.

Office of the Administrator - Kitchen Cabinets , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Kitchen Cabinets , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden hold a National Security Council meeting to discuss Middle East peace negotiations, in the Situation Room of the White House, Feb. 27, 2014.

President Barack Obama meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and advisors in the Oval Office, prior to making a statement on the START treaty, March 26, 2010. Attending are: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Admiral Mike Mullen, Deputy National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Mike McFaul, Gary Samore, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, and others.

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 and Vice President Joe Biden speak to a bipartisan group of governors, including from left , Alabama Governor Bob Riley, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, and North Carolina Governor Beverly Purdue, about building a clean energy economy, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 3, 2010. A

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Foreign Ministers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union, in Ballou Hall on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, on September 24, 2016, at the outset of a meeting of the so-called Quintet in the Secretary's home-state of Massachusetts.

President Barack Obama attends a foreign policy meeting April 14, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - National Hispanic Environmental Council (NHEC) Conversation with Lisa P. Jackson , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - SES Briefing , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds an Energy Transition Roundtable , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 15, 2021.

President Barack Obama watches as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delivers a televised statement, during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Feb. 1, 2011. Joining the President are Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and other members of his national security team.

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 27, 2022.

President Barack Obama meets with faith leaders to discuss the Anniversary of the March on Washington and how civil rights and equality are closely tied to voting rights and closing the gap on education, unemployment, and access to health care, in the Roosevelt Room, Aug. 26, 2013.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he opened, and announced high bid totals for, the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Ambassador-designate to the Kingdom of Bahrain Justin Hicks Siberell at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 3, 2017.

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

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a 5G signing ceremony with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Brussels, Belgium, on June 13, 2021.

President Barack Obama signs H.R. 3765 - Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011” in the Oval Office, Dec. 23, 2011.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Kuwait, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reviews his notes before greeting President Obama on September 15, 2016, so he can address the third Our Ocean Conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama holds a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Sept. 30, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 21, 2021.

President Barack Obama meets with private sector and foundation leaders who have joined the international response to end the Ebola epidemic, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 11, 2015.

President Barack Obama (center) with Afghan President Karzai and Pakistan President Zardari during a US-Afghan-PakistanTrilateral meeting in Cabinet Room May 6, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a town hall with Chiefs of Mission, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research Daniel Smith at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2014.

President Barack Obama meets with young leaders for a Youth Roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 6, 2011.

Senators work together on immigration reform

President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room of the White House on Oct. 5, 2009, with Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns, third from left, and other advisors who had returned from talks with Iran officials in Geneva.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS ADDRESS ON BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission France, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually meets with State Department employees affected by Anomalous Health Incidents from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by U.S. Mission Japan Charg� d'Affaires Joseph M. Young, participates in a virtual business roundtable, in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a roundtable discussion about womens issues organized by National Center for APEC on the sidelines of an APEC Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, China, on November 8, 2014.

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris and Small Business Administrator Isabella Guzman, signs the Paycheck Protection Program Bill Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS VISITS SOUTHERN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (9-15-04)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Republic of Marshall Islands President David Kabua during a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 2022.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Initiatives reception recognizing African-American appointees in the Obama Administration , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya participate in a joint press availability following the Security Consultative Committee (�2+2�) meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2019.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Pressekonferenz zur Vorstellung der Steuerschaetzung in Berlin, 26.10.2023

President Joe Biden looks over notes at the Resolute Desk, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2020.

President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden at the conclusion of a meeting with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room of the White House, Feb. 17, 2010.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 2022.

From left, Press Secretary Jay Carney, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew, and Vice President Joe Biden listen as President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the short-term budget deal to prevent a government shutdown, in the Blue Room of the White House, April 8, 2011.

President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Obama visited Kennedy Space Center to deliver remarks on the bold new course the Administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human space flight.

President Barack Obama listens to Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office for Health Reform, and Senior Advisors in a meeting on health care reform in the Roosevelt Room in the White House, June 18, 2009. (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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2022.

Office of the Administrator - Women in Diplomacy , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Embassy Doha and Mission Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Office of the Administrator - Town Hall , Environmental Protection Agency

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Senate Commerce Committee Hearing -John Kneuer

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya participate in a joint press availability following the Security Consultative Committee (�2+2�) meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Kuwait, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

President Obama Visits FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

United States, Washington, D.C. White House Press Secretary Tony Snow answers reporters' questions at the daily briefing in the pressroom of the White House on August 2, 2007.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya participate in the Eid Al-Adha Roundtable at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 3, 2021.

President Barack Obama, right, meets in the Oval Office with Rev. Al Sharpton and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to discuss education reform May 7, 2009. At left is Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett. 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.

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.

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

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a working breakfast with President Donald J. Trump and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in London, England, on December 3, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a joint press availability with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2022.

President Barack Obama meets with staff in the Roosevelt Room of the White House to discuss the ongoing negotiations on a budget funding bill, April 8, 2011.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano Quir�s, Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Roberto �lvarez, and Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - 35th Anniversary Panel , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by Department Spokesperson Ned Price and Senior Official for the Bureau of International Religious Freedom Daniel Nadel, delivers remarks to the press on the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 12, 2021.

Department officials, including Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Barbara Pope, and Department Hispanic Recruitment Coordinator Harvey Issa, speaking to group of Hispanic high school students from Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland participating in Department's inaugural Latino job shadowing day

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

"President Barack Obama participates in a hurricane preparedness briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in Washington, D.C., May 30, 2014. (Official White House .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier in Austin bei einem Treffen mit Gouverneur von Texas, Greg Abbott

Harry Reid voted Senate Majority Leader

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holgu�n from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 28, 2022.

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

Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump delivers remarks on the virtual release of the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report on June 25, 2020 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC.

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

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo participates in the Virtual East Asia Summit Ministerial, from the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 9, 2020.

Office of the Administrator - Women in Diplomacy , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Agency Headquarters Renaming Ceremony - ceremony to mark the renaming of the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in honor of President Bill Clinton , Environmental Protection Agency

2008 Democratic candidates for President speak at the DNC winter meeting

Business people discussing in an office

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual roundtable with veterans from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual roundtable with veterans from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual Reform/Anti-Corruption Roundtable in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 26, 2021.

Business person or politician is giving a speech. News conference.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Remarks on Hispanic council on International Relations

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual U.S.-Nigeria Health Partnership Event from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR BEN WU AND BRETT PALMER

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade Small Group Meeting

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Madrid, 12/23/2011. Meeting of the new Government of Mariano Rajoy, in the first Council of Ministers in La Moncloa. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

The Secretary's Global Business Conference, 21 February 2012, State Department.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr., answers questions during a NASA Update on, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Bolden, NASA's 12th Administrator and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver took the time discuss the agencys fiscal year 2012 budget request and to take questions from employees.

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