Government Meetings and Discussions

Images of formal meetings in government settings. Focus on discussions among officials in various rooms, showcasing a serious and collaborative atmosphere.

President Obama conveying a National Security Council meeting in the Situation Room of the White House to discuss matters in Ukraine. Dated 2014

Dec. 6, 2010 "In the Cabinet Room, the President, Vice President, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and OMB Director Jack Lew met with Senate Democratic leaders about the lame duck session."

President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 16, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew, right, in the Oval Office to discuss the ongoing budget negotiations on a funding bill, April 8, 2011.

Secretary of State Robert Gates studies the intricate carvings on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, May 18, 2009.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with U.S. Embassy Staff in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team to discuss the situation in Egypt, in the Situation Room of the White House, July 3, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2021.

President Obama conveying a National Security Council meeting in the Situation Room of the White House to discuss matters in Ukraine. Dated 2014

President Barack Obama talks with advisors in the Oval Office before a phone call with President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon to discuss the situation in Cote dIvoire, April 4, 2011.

Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Daniel Feldman delivers remarks before Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani sign a five-year extension of the U.S.-Pakistan Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 23, 2103. Also pictured is Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy John P. Holdren.

Advisors take notes as President Barack Obama has a foreign leader phone call in the Oval Office, March 14, 2013. Seated, from left, are: Evan Medeiros, Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; and Danny Russel, Senior Director for Asian Affairs.

President Barack Obama pumps his fists while talking with senior staff in the Outer Oval Office, July 13, 2009. From left, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the Office of Health Reform, Peter Orszag, Director of Office of Management and Budget, Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, in the Outer Oval Office, July 13, 2009.

President Barack Obama drops by a meeting with Cabinet members in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, April 26, 2012. Seated clockwise from the President: Commerce Secretary John Bryson; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan; Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.; Administrator Karen Mills, Small Business Administration; Jeff Zients, Office of Management and Budget acting Director; Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; Mark Childress, Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning; Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq during a secure video teleconference in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 21, 2011. Seated at the table, from left, are: Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President ; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Puneet Talwar, Senior Director for Iraq, Iran and the Gulf States; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; and Chief of Staff Bill Daley. Pictured on screen, from left, are: Prime Minister al-Maliki, along with two aides; Vice President Joe Biden; and General Lloyd Austin, Commanding General of U.S. Forces - Iraq; and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey.

President Barack Obama meets with his national security team on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Situation Room of the White House, May 6, 2010.

George W. Bush meets with the Iraq Study Group in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 14, 2006. (left to right: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney)

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

President Barack Obama drops by a meeting between National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain, second from left, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 7, 2011.

Following a meeting, President Barack Obama talks with Jason Furman, Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; Mona Sutphen, Chief of Staff for Policy; Jack Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Brian Deese, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; and Economic Advisor Gene Sperling in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Dec. 20, 2010.

Senators work together on immigration reform

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2022.

President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office, May 27, 2014.

President Barack Obama is briefed prior to making phone calls to foreign leaders in the Oval Office 1/26/09..

President Barack Obama signs the bipartisan budget bill 2015 into law in the Oval Office of the White House on November 2, 2015

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH EC COMMISSIONER OF TRADE

Office of the Secretary - TPA PRESS EVENT

President Barack Obama talks with advisors in the Oval Office, June 25, 2013. Pictured, from left, are: Jeff Eggers, Senior Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Tony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Amb. Susan Rice, the incoming National Security Advisor; and Doug Lute, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for South Asia.

President Barack Obama talks with Supreme Court Justice David Souter during an Oval Office phone call, May 1, 2009. At left is Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and right is White House Counsel Gregory Craig.

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

President Barack Obama discusses the response to the BP oil spill, during a phone call with Gulf Coast governors in the Oval Office, May 24, 2010.

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

President Barack Obama talks with participants during the quarterly meeting at the Business Roundtable Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 2014.

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 and Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., listen during a meeting with a bipartisan group of Senators in the Cabinet Room of the White House, to discuss passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation, June 29, 2010.

In a meeting with Cuban Interests Section Chief of Mission Jos� Caba�as, Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken accepts a letter from Cuban President Ra�l Castro to President Barack Obama as part of today's formal process of re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2015. Also participating in the meeting are Cuban Interests Section Third Secretary Indira Groero and Cuban Interests Section Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Juan Lamigueiro, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson and Coordinator of Cuban Affairs Mark Wells.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA (9-21-05 TO 9-23-05)

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with a Member of Congress in the Chief of Staff 's office at the White House, March 21, 2010. From left, aides Phil Schiliro, Sean Sweeney, Rahm Emanuel, Jim Messina, and DanTurton.

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

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, meet with bipartisan members of the House to discuss infrastructure Thursday, March 4, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PARTICIPATES IN EMERGING SECURITIES TECHNOLOGY FAIR

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to a question from AP reporter Matt Lee after the Secretary's remarks on World Press Freedom Day at the top of the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2016.

Brian Mosteller, Deputy Director of Oval Office Operations, holds the door for President Barack Obama in the Green Room of the White House following the President's East Room press conference, June 29, 2011.

Trip Director Marvin Nicholson watches as President Barack Obama signs items after delivering remarks at the LGBT Leadership Council Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., June 6, 2012.

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

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

President Barack Obama hosts over 50 African leaders and their delegations for a working lunch at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

Oct. 12, 2013 "Chief of Staff Denis McDonough throws a football in the air as the President met with senior staff in Denis's office to discuss the federal government shutdown and debt ceiling deadline. That football got a lot of use during meetings in September and October."

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Brief Business on Gulf Coast Investment Opportunities

Nov. 30, 2010 The President talks with Rep. Eric Cantor at the conclusion of a bipartisan Congressional leadership meeting in the Oval Office Private Dining Room. The meeting was attended only by the principals with no staff present.

Eric Garcetti, the U.S. ambassador to India, speaks with Kelly McKeague, the director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, during a tour of facilities on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 22, 2024. The tour continued on to the scientific analysis directorate of DPAA where Garcetti was briefed on the role the SA directorate fulfills for DPAA operations.

Office of the Administrator - Western Governors Association , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA (9-21-05 TO 9-23-05)

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with a Member of Congress, while Katie Johnson, the President's personal secretary, works at her desk in the Outer Oval Office, March 21, 2010. Phil Schiliro, assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, stands nearby.

D. Kyle Sampson testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Alberto Gonzales's knowledge of attorney firings

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss hold a joint press availability after their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2022.

March 29, 2009 It was a Sunday night in the Oval Office. The auto task force listened to the President before he made phone calls to alert key people about his plan to set deadlines for General Motors and Chrysler overhauls that was to be announced the next morning.”

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

President Barack Obama writes at his desk in the Oval Office, March 3, 2009.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual U.S. Embassy London meet and greet, in London, United Kingdom, on May 4, 2021.

2008 Democratic candidates for President speak at the DNC winter meeting

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recognizes Senator Robert Menendez during his remarks at a Congressional-hosted reception for African leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Klaus Schwab World Economic Forum Chairman

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

President Barack Obama attends a meeting with Veterans Service Organizations and Secretary Eric Shinseki, Department of Veterans Affairs, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 16, 2009.

Vice President Mike Pence ask questions of former NASA astronauts Eileen Collins, Terry Virts and Scott Parazynski during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, the council's role is to advise the President regarding national space policy and strategy, and review the nation's long-range goals for space activities.

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

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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

President Barack Obama holds a meeting on the government's Ebola response, in the Oval Office, Oct. 27, 2014. Attending, from left, are: Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain; Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell; Chief of Staff Denis McDonough; Leslie Dach, Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

Office of the Secretary - Confirmation Hearing for Israel Hernandez and William Jeffrey

In Tokyo, Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy participate in a lunch discussion hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) about how its members are promoting diversity and women's empowerment at their operations in Japan, on October 5, 2015.

President Barack Obama takes the stage to deliver remarks on the five-year anniversary of the financial crisis, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Sept. 16, 2013.

Office of the Secretary - President of the United States (POTUS) George W Bush Visit to Department of Labor (DOL) with Secretary Elaine Chao

Office of the Administrator - Healthy Housing Press Event , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts a dinner for attendees of the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State, on February 25, 2020.

President Reagan working at his Oval Office desk.

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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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the media on his virtual trip to Mexico and Canada, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 26,

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - 14th National Marine Sanctuary President George W. Bush and Secretary Gutierrez

Secretary Gale Norton swearing in the members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission, at ceremony held near the site of the Flight 93 crash, in vicinity of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Memorial will replace temporary memorial honoring passengers and crew of the plane hijacked on September 11, 2001

obama struggles for hearts in virginia

President Bush Signs the Patriot Reathorization Act

Alberto Gonzales testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the firing of U.S. Prosecutors

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - American Chemistry Council Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Radio Television Address to the Nation on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the Tax Reduction Bill, 7:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (far right) prepares to deliver a televised message about the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and legislation to reduce federal taxes. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (wearing white shirt) and two unidentified men stand by. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken co-signs the presidential commissions for our new Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, our new Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon, and other newly appointed officials at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2021.

Technology Administration - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND RUSSIAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks about Social Security reform

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

View from the witness table in the Russell Senate Office Building prior to the start of a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden as the first witness on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Washington.

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

June 12, 2015 "To discuss the upcoming vote on fast-track Trade Promotion Authority, the President took his case directly to the House Democratic Caucus at the U.S. Capitol."

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin participate in a virtual meeting with U.S. government officials in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021.

President Barack Obama talks with an employee at Café Beauregard prior to a minimum wage event at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., March 5, 2014. Standing with the President, from right, Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Advance Associate Nancy Schoemann, Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut, are Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont.

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