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Government Oath Ceremonies

Images of official oath ceremonies and meetings with government officials. The mood is formal, showcasing the significance of governmental roles.

President George W. Bush touring offices in Main Interior, meeting Department officials and staff

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Susan Bodine Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In of John Sullivan

Charleston, W.Va., Nov. 3, 2012 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano listens as West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin describes damage in the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Multiple federal agencies have joined with the state to provide assistance to residents. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano listens as West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin describes damage in the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Multiple federal agencies have joined with the state to provide assistance to residents. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Swearing-in ceremony for Robert Faber as Interior Assistant Solicitor, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne presiding at Main Interior

Vice President Mike Pence, meets with NASA employees after a discussion with NASA leadership about the progress on Space Policy Directive 1 (SPD-1), Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's First Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Swearing-in event for Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, with Secretary Gale Norton presiding

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA / SEAGRANT FELLOWS RECEPTION

National Business Center's Interior employee identification badge technologies, operations, and procedures, sampled by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett on tour

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - El Paso , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Presidential Management Fellows Program 2005 appointees in Department of Interior

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.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Janhall Nobel Reception

International Conference and Handshakes of during Christine Todd Whitman's last day (starts DSC_414) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao attending Women in Government Relations Luncheon

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's First Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO ARGENTINA

Employment and Training Administration / Office of Public Affairs - Swearing-In Emily De Rocce, John Henshaw

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Senior Aging Council meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH MINISTER OROZCO

Office of the Administrator - Premier of Ontario - Kathleen Wynne , Environmental Protection Agency

Meeting with Representatives of the International Latino Woman's Congress , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Christine Todd Whitman Meeting with Mexico's Ambassador , Environmental Protection Agency

Flag ceremony for retiring foreign service officer Joseph Presel, former U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and Deputy Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Director General of the Foreign Service, Ruth Davis, presided at the ceremony.

Swearing-in ceremony for Robert Faber as Interior Assistant Solicitor, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne presiding at Main Interior

Bureau of Industry and Security - Swearing -In David McCormick

Christine Todd Whitman Meeting with Mexico's Ambassador , Environmental Protection Agency

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin, left, among officials on hand for the Bismarck, North Dakota meeting of the Tribal Leaders-Department of Interior Task Force on Trust Reform, concerning plans for improving Department management of American Indian trust assets

U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office Acting Director Dr. Kari Johnstone joins Department Spokesperson Ned Price, as he holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2021.

Idaho Governor, and Secretary of the Interior nominee, Dirk Kempthorne visiting Main Interior, touring National Park Service (NPS) offices with NPS Director Fran Mainella

FRA - POLITIQUE - MURIEL PENICAUD EN BRETAGNE SUR LE THEME DE L'APPRENTISSAGEMuriel Pénicaud, ministre du Travail, se déplace en Ille-et-Vilaine ce vendredi 8 novembre 2019 sur le thème de l'apprentissage. Ellese rend au pôle formation UIMM (Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie)Bretagne où elle inaugure la plateforme technologique Industrie du futur - CFAI de Bretagne et échange avec des apprentis.FRA - POLITICS - MURIEL PENICAUD IN BRITTANY ON THE THEME OF LEARNINGMuriel Pénicaud, Minister of Labour, is travelling to Ille-et-Vilaine on Friday, November 8, 2019 on the theme of learning. She went to the UIMM (Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie) Bretagne training centre where she inaugurated the technological platform Industrie du futur - CFAI de Bretagne and exchanged with apprentices.

Christine Todd Whitman Meeting with Mexico's Ambassador , Environmental Protection Agency

Western Governors' Association meeting and reception at Main Interior, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) Symposium

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Swearing-In David Spooner

Bureau of Industry and Security - Swearing -In David McCormick

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

Mike Leavitt swearing-in ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Champions of Change , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Senior Aging Council meeting , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman meets with the National Council of La Raza , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman swears-in Office of Water (OW) Assistant Administrator G. Tracy Mehan , Environmental Protection Agency

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 - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Mike Leavitt) - Mike Leavitt's Farewell , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise, Idaho for address to the City Club, at the Grove Hotel, "Reflections on a Career in Public Service"

Office of the General Council - Scott Fulton Oath , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Bureau of Industry and Security - Swearing -In David McCormick

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's First Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Cynthia Giles Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Michael J. DePass and Pete Silva , Environmental Protection Agency

Evening Reception at Goddard Space Flight Center, hosted by, Maryland Space Business Roundtable

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thanks U.S. Chief of Protocol Ambassador Pete Selfridge and his staff for their recent work with State visits and United Nations General Assembly meetings during a visit to the State Department Protocol Office in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2015.

Secretary Gale Norton, right, greeting Office of Policy, Management, and Budget auditors, on occasion of official receipt of Department of Interior Annual Report on Performance and Accountability

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Marjorie Buckholtz Retirement , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Learnship Training Conference with Secretary Elaine Chao

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Trip to Moscow, Russia

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Swearing-In Darryl Jackson

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Jason Burnett , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks and talks with Under Secretary Rose Gottemoeller prior to delivering remarks to the International Security Advisory Board, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2016.

Mike Leavitt's first day: various meetings , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH CHAIRMAN RICH CROTTY

International Conference and Handshakes of during Christine Todd Whitman's last day (starts DSC_414) , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton with Sun Studio manager John Schorr, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, and Memphis city administrator Dottie Jones, behind, left to right, at Capitol Hill event designating Sun Records, Memphis Recording Service, pioneering rock music studio, as a National Historic Landmark

Event, with Secretary Gale Norton presiding, marking first day of release for sale to the public of the 2005-2006 Federal Duck Stamp, bearing image designed by Federal Duck Stamp Contest winner, Mark Anderson of South Dakota. Secretary Norton joins South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson and Anderson, left to right, at ceremony

Event marking the 50th anniversary of the Toastmasters International Club at the Department of the Interior, with Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason and Toastmasters District 36 Governor Nancy McCeney among the officials participating

National Business Center's Interior employee identification badge technologies, operations, and procedures, sampled by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett on tour

Office of the Secretary - Lunch with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

Swearing-in ceremony for Brent Wahlquist as Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne greeting guests and conducting proceedings at Main Interior

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy in Boston throwing a pitch at Fenway Park and presenting an award to President and CEO of the New England Aquarium, Bud Ris , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - Confirmation Hearing Secretary Designate Carlos Gutierrez

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao's West Coast Trip

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Madrid 05-13-2009 second day of the debate on the state of the Nation with the Interventions of the mixed group and the socialist group Responded by the president of the government Jose Luis Rodriguez shoemaker photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Office of the Administrator (Mike Leavitt) - Mike Leavitt's Farewell , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Nena Shaw , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Old State House in Boston, Massachusetts, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Boston National Historical Park Superintendent Terry Savage, Bostonian Society Executive Director Brian LeMay, Boston Environmental and Energy Services Chief James Hunt III, and other officials at event marking the completion of the initial phase of the Old State House restoration, including restoration of the building's famous tower. The preservation work represents the first completed construction project of the National Park Service's Centennial Initiative.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Regional Administrator Summit at Hotel Washington in DC , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Nena Shaw , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - The Century Foundation Peter A. A. Berle Environmental Integrity Award , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's First Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - "Radio Day" Commerce Official At Treasury

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Laura Jimenex, Hanna Kamenetzky and Jane Kitson

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

Madrid, 29/11/2022. The president of AIRef appears before the budget committee in the Senate. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Oath of Office for Region 3 Administrator taken by Shawn Garvin , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Ukrainian members of civil society and NGO representatives in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 2, 2010.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's First Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Swearing in ceremony, in Treaty Room, for Peter Chaveas, U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, with Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage presiding

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