Government Press Events

Formal press conferences and remarks by government officials, featuring podiums, flags, and a serious atmosphere.

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.

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.

U.S. Ambassador to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva Pamela Hamamoto introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry - flanked by Christopher Wilson, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Keith Harper of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council, and Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmament and U.S. Special Representative for Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) Issues Robert Wood - to her staff during before the Secretary addressed them during a visit to the mission in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 26, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual C5+1 Ministerial with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Johnathan Henick at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office Acting Director Dr. Kari Johnstone deliver remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, and Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade address reporters during the North American Trilateral Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2014.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with the Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, Andrew Little, in Wellington, New Zealand, on June 6, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a joint press availability at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Shin Dong-hyuk, a survivor of North Korean human rights abuses, speaks at an event highlighting human rights abuses in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in New York City on September 23, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers remarks in a meeting with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable with local media from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2022.

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.

Office of the Administrator - Powerplant Proposal - Administrator Gina McCarthy speaking at the National Press Club , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2021.

International Trade Administration - President Export Council

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, flanked by Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and Ambassador for Trafficking In Persons John Richmond, delivers remarks on the release of the 2019 Trafficking in Persons report and honors the eight 2019 'TIP Report Heroes' at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on June 20, 2019.

Flanked by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Ministerial, on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 29, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers virtual remarks at the swearing-in ceremony for the joint 162nd -208th Foreign Service Orientation Class from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2021.

Secretary Pompeo meets virtually with the Liberty University Debate Team, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2020.

Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack joins Department Spokesperson Ned Price at the top of the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 2021.

Ambassador Michael Kozak from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor takes questions from the press on the release of the 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press availbilty with Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, at the Department of State, in Washington, DC on October 9, 2019.

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.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flanked by U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley and Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, addresses the meeting of the U.S.-Afghan bilateral commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 9, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to expand a public health partnership between the United States and the African Union, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 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 16, 2022.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland meets with EU European External Action Service Deputy Secretary General and Political Director Enrique Mora in New York on September 21, 2021.

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.

Events at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 18, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Piotr Krasko of TVN2 in Rzeszow, Poland, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 2021.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a department press briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2021.

Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa signs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's guestbook at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hold a bilateral meeting during the APEC Summit, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Nov. 15, 2009.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

Office of the General Council - Roger Martella Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi on March 14, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

With Department Spokesperson John Kirby and Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Catherine Novelli looking on, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel responds to a reporter's question as she and Assistant Secretary Russel previewed the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the top of the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 31, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable with local media from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in the C5+1 Multilateral Meeting with the representatives from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, on the margins of the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City on September 22, 2017.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual discussion with young democratic leaders from around the world as part of the Summit for Democracy, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2021.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with the Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2022.

President Bush announces Mike McConnell to replace Negroponte as director of national intelligence

State Department Chief of Staff Jon Finer speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on July 29, 2015, before he joined U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in testifying about the Iranian nuclear deal before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2021.

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Robert J. Faucher delivers remarks on the Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2021.

State Department Speechwriter Stephanie Epner looks on as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his opening remarks to reporters at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26, 2016, during a news conference amid the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 17, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on February 2, 2020.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Mike Leavitt, Chinese Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Labor Leaders Management with President Bush and Secretary Elaine Chao

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.

Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid signs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's guestbook at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual on-the-record roundtable discussion with Kenyan and Nigerian journalists from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein deliver opening remarks at the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on August 19, 2020.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Polish Dep. Prime Minister Jerzy Hausner

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 2015.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin provide an update on Iran Policy and Sanctions at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a women�s economic and digital roundtable in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on March 7, 2015, in the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Minister building - in Paris, France, following a joint news conference and bilateral meeting focused on the Secretary's recent Iran nuclear negotiations, his meeting with the Gulf Cooperation Council in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and other regional issues.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America James Cleverly in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 21, 2022.

Press statement by Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State in the European Commission. Brussels.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press to provide an update on our approach to Afghanistan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2021.

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.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - U.S. - China Strategic Economic Dialogue Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a Civil Society Roundtable, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III conduct a press conference with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo and Philippine Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez after a U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2023.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Spanish Foreign Minister Jos� Garc�a-Margallo participate in the Palomares Statement of Intent Signing Ceremony at the Santa Cruz Palace in Madrid, Spain, on October 19, 2015.

European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini signs Secretary Pompeo's guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenaz, in Jerusalem on May 25, 2021.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hold a joint press availability at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2021.

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker hold a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2022.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mexican Cement Signing

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shows Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of the United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Deborah Birx where to sign her appointment papers during her swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2014.

Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides signs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken�s guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry sign a U.S.-Egypt cultural property agreement, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 30, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signs the appointment papers for U.S. Representative-designate to the International Civil Aviation Organization Thomas Carter before his swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a _virtual _ministerial _meeting_ with _key partners_ on_ Afghanistan,_ including _Canada, France, Germany, Italy,_ Japan, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Qatar, the European Union, and NATO, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) ceremony and reception, Benjamin Franklin Room, with Secretary Condoleezza Rice hosting and Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Jr. among the other Department speakers. Corporations honored included Sambazon for its operations in Brazil, General Motors for its operations in Colombia, and Goldman Sachs for its operations in Chile.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Secretary�s Award for Corporate Excellence 20th Anniversary Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 31, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 23, 2021.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - US/Brazil Business Dialogue Rio De Janiero

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.

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.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and South Korean Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-Sup conduct a press conference at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 2022.

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