Government Press Conferences

Images of press conferences featuring notable political figures speaking to the media in ornate rooms, highlighting formal attire and significant dialogue on current affairs.

President Barack Obama answers questions at a new conference in the East Room of the White House on July 15, 2015

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson approaches the podium in the Treaty Room to address the media at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2017.

President Bush speaks to reporters along side Britain's Tony Blair

President Barack Obama and President Francois Hollande of France hold a news conference in the East Room of the White House on November 24, 2015

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo greets Tri- Mission Brussels, employees and families in Brussels, Belgium on July 11, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Colin L. Powell and Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivers remarks at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 2017.

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Civil Society Meeting at the U.S. Ambassador residence in Moscow, Russia October 14, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2020.

With former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raises a toast in Chinese President Xi Jinping's honor at a State Luncheon at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2015.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew Barzun watches as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague address reporters at Winfield House, the ambassador's official residence, in London, United Kingdom, on November 24, 2013.

President Barack Obama answers questions at a new conference in the East Room of the White House on July 15, 2015

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on January 12, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers a statement to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers an audience members question after delivering an address about U.S.-transatlantic relations to diplomats and civic leaders on October 4, 2016, at the Concert Noble in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on Middle East peace, at the Department of State in Washington, DC on December 28, 2016.

President Barack Obama, with former President George H. W. Bush, delivers remarks before they present the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award to Outreach Inc. co-founders Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton, in the East Room of the White House, July 15, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2019.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau Delivers Remarks at his Swearing-In Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 2019

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2019.

President Donald Trump announces his nomination federal appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House on January 31, 2017

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy from the Rose Garden, August 7, 2009.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 76) in New York, New York, on September 23, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, flanked by Susan Pompeo and President Donald Trump, is sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2018.

President Bush attends swearing-in ceremony for Rob Portman as Director of Office of Management and Budget

President George W. Bush in the White House press room to announce that Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice will testify before the 911 Commission in an open session.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center with former Secretaries of State Henry A. Kissinger, James A. Baker, III, Madeleine K. Albright, Colin L. Powell, and Hillary Rodham Clinton at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on September 3, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2016.

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles Chuck” Schumer, D-N.Y., delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan on Friday, March 12, 2021, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

President Bush holds press conference in the Rose Garden

President Donald Trump and King Abdullah II holding a news conference in the Rose Garden on April 5, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry thanks the Department of State and Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) President Regina Jun for her work at the U.S. Department of State's "Pride at State" event in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2016.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a press conference in Doha, Qatar, on February 29, 2020.

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

President Barack Obama applauds Kennedy Center Honors recipients during an event in the East Room of the White House, Dec. 6, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts the State Department Diplomatic Reception Room Donor Reception, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends President Trump's G-20 press conference with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty in Osaka, Japan on June 29, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the 11th Annual Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 2, 2016.

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

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

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2020.

President Barack Obama and King Abdullah II of Jordan make statements to the press prior to their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, April 26, 2013.

President Donald Trump presenting the Medal of Honor to former Specialist Five James C. McCloughan, U.S. Army in the East Room of the White House on July 31, 2017

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State, in Washington D.C., on January 7, 2020.

President Bush meets with Tony Saca, President of El Salvador in the Oval Office

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

President Donald Trump announces his nomination federal appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House on January 31, 2017

With Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Chrissy Hagerty, looking on, newly sworn-in U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty delivers remarks at a ceremony in his honor at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2017.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a question and answer session on "Unalienable Rights and the Securing of Freedom" at The National Constitution Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., on July 16, 2020.

New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Reportage: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Ministers residence in Jerusalem on May 13, 2020.

President Bush meets with Bob Dole and Donna Shalala on their co-chairing a commission investigating veteran care in the wake of

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton provides remarks during an awards ceremony with the National Coordinated Effort of Hellenes in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC May 22, 2009.

President Barack Obama answers questions during a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 28, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the State Department�s Annual Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on "Unalienable Rights and the Securing of Freedom" at The National Constitution Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., on July 16, 2020.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan listen to the U.S. national anthem during the State Arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, April 28, 2015.

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia on May 14, 2019.

President Donald Trump conducts a meet and greet with the staff and families of US Embassy Buenos Aires along with Secretary Michael R. Pompeo in Argentina, 30 November 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with CISCO Chief Executive Officer John Chambers at the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 17, 2010.

President Barack Obama meets with former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Ted Kennedy and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office April 21, 2009.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 11, 2019.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama descend the Grand Staircase to greet guests at a holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Dec. 15, 2011.

President Barack Obama speaks with the 2014 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs in the Blue Room prior to an event honoring the team in the East Room, Jan. 12, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius as the two address reporters after a working lunch and bilateral meeting at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France, on November 5, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the virtual American Foreign Service Association memorial ceremony with AFSA President Eric Rubin on Foreign Affairs Day, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2021.

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the White House Forum on Combatting Human Trafficking in Supply Chains at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2015.

President Donald Trump announces his nomination federal appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, East Room of the White House, January 31, 2017. President Donald Trump, Judge Neil Gorsuch and Judge Neil Gorsuch's wife, Louise.

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)

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 2023.

President Joe Biden and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield participate in the U.N. permanent representatives virtual meeting Thursday, March 18, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

President George Bush with Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Ben Bernanke as Fed Chairman

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street, in London, United Kingdom on January 30, 2020.

Vice President Joe Biden sits with German Chancellor Angela Merkel before she speaks and takes audience questions at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 7, 2015.

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on the Venezuela in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters after meetings on Libya and Ukraine in Rome, Italy, on March 6, 2014.

President Bush makes a statement to the media with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora

President Jimmy Carter USA meets with Yugoslav communist leader Marshall Josef Tito 1978

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

United States, Washington, D.C. President George W. Bush at a statement to the media in the Rose Garden of the White House after a cabinet meeting on August 2, 2007.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo officiates the swearing-in ceremony for Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources Carol Perez at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2019.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier auf einer Pressekonferenz mit dem Aussenminister der USA, Antony Blinken, im State Department

Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Denis McDonough as Secretary of Veterans Affairs Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House. Secretary McDonoughs family attends.

John P. Abizaid, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia delivers remarks at his swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2019.

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.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is welcomed to the White House in an official state arrival by President George W. Bush

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence host a reception in honor of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mrs. Mitsotakis at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 8, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters on December 6, 2016, during a news conference as he attends a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Ministerial Session at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

President Donald Trump announces his nomination federal appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, East Room of the White House, January 31, 2017. President Donald Trump, Judge Neil Gorsuch and Judge Neil Gorsuch's wife, Louise.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is welcomed to the White House in an official state arrival by President George W. Bush

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Austria Alexa Wesner, Charg� d'Affaires to the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna Henry Ensher, and Deputy Chief of Mission to the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Kate Byrnes, poses with an award given to their respective staffs for their work on the Iran nuclear negotiations during a tri-mission meet-and-greet on May 18, 2016, at the Bristol Hotel in Vienna, Austria, following two days of multinational meetings in the Austrian capital.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Annual Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2019

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and wife, Susan Pompeo, take part in a meet and greet with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Athens and U.S. Consulate General Thessaloniki, in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September 28, 2020.

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

President Bush attends swearing-in ceremony for Rob Portman as Director of Office of Management and Budget

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