International Meetings

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena hold a joint press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation including Pham Gia Khiem, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Egyptian Foreign Minister

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Afghan President and Business Roundtable Bilateral

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides, including Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., to Ottawa, Canada for bilateral talks with Canada's Minister of the Environment, John Baird, concerning the status of the polar bear and other cross-border issues

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Greets Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena hold a joint press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Afghan President and Business Roundtable Bilateral

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

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) Symposium

International Trade Administration - Swearing-In Thomas Brennan

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

Signing ceremony, at Main Interior, for the annual funding agreement covering operation of the National Bison Range Complex, located in Moiese, Montana, within the boundaries of the Flathead Reservation. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett joined Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs George Skibine, and the Chairman of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, James Steele, among the dignitaries on hand.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Central America Free Trade Agreement Trade Mission to El Salvador (USTDA Ceremony, Reception, FCS Photos, Delegation Debrief, Young Enterp.)

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.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with delegation from Mexico--led by Mexico's Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada; and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan--for discussion of continued U.S.-Mexican cooperation on conservation efforts, including support of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, the management and conservation of migratory birds and wetlands, and Colorado River water management

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

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono address reporters at the U.S. Department in Washington, D.C. on March 16, 2018.

President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Jan. 30, 2012. Participating in the meeting are, from left: Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett; Chief of Staff Jack Lew; Senior Advisor David Plouffe; Counsel to the President Kathryn Ruemmler; Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer; Counselor to the President Pete Rouse: Press Secretary Jay Carney; Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs; Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations; and Bruce Reed, Chief of Staff to the Vice President.

Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly presenting award to Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) Special Project Coordination Division staff, in OBO offices in Rosslyn, for work on new U.S. embassy complex in Beijing, China

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts a working luncheon for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group Ministerial, at the Department of State in Washington D.C. on November 14, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson poses for a photo with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha before a trilateral meeting at the Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver, Canada on January 16, 2018.

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

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) Symposium

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials meeting at Main Interior with Guatemala delegation, led by Carlos Fion, Chief of Staff to the President of Guatemala, and Salvador Lopez, Director of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The Secretary joined the Guatemala leaders in signing a Memorandum of Understanding providing for a ten-year U.S.-Guatemala partnership in support of the conservation of significant natural and cultural resources in Guatemala.

U.S.-Mexico Memorandum of Understanding signing event at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, leading the proceedings

Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro and Kingdom of the Netherlands Ambassador Rudolf Bekink sign a new U.S.-Kingdom of the Netherlands Status of Forces Agreement covering the Kingdoms territories in the Caribbean at the U.S. Department of State, October 19, 2012.

Office of the Secretary - SIGNING E. COMMERCE AGREEMENT SINGAPORE PM

French Space Agency President Yannick dEscatha, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joke with each other as they sign four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony at NASA headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters after his bilateral meeting with Angolan Foreign Minister Rebelo Chikoti in Luanda on May 5, 2014.

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides, including Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., to Ottawa, Canada for bilateral talks with Canada's Minister of the Environment, John Baird, concerning the status of the polar bear and other cross-border issues

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Gutierrez with Uruguay Minister

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry -- watched by U.S. Ambassador to Laos Daniel Clune and U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN Nina Hachigian -- shakes hands with a Laotian Protocol officer at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, Laos, on July 24, 2016, after arriving to attend the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Visit to Ukraine

Secretary Dirk Kampthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation led by Mexico's Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Jose Luis Luege. Among Interior officials joining the Secretary were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, along with Chris Kearney, Kathryn Washburn, and Karen Senhadji.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, right, poses with Hideki Tsuchimoto, commissioner of the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, Japanese Ministry of Defense, during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Sept. 9, 2022.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry releases the 2013 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and honors the 2013 TIP Report Heroes, men and women whose personal efforts have made an extraordinary difference in the global fight against modern slavery, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding focused on joint capacity-building efforts on August 4, 2015, following a working breakfast at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Singapore, and during a visit to meet with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, discuss regional issues, and celebrate the country's 50th anniversary.

Secretary Gale Norton, seated left, and Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, seated right, applying signatures during Department of Interior headquarters signing ceremony for agreement expanding scientific and technical cooperation, between the Department of Interior and Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructures, across a range of natural resource management areas

Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, speaking at podium, with Secretary Gale Norton seated to his right, at Department of Interior headquarters signing ceremony for agreement expanding scientific and technical cooperation, between the Department of Interior and Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructures, across a range of natural resource management areas

Secretary Gale Norton, far right, swearing in the new Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Dave Anderson, far left, a member of Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Band of Ojibwa in Wisconsin, and founder and chairman of Famous Dave's of America, Inc. family restaurant chain

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS OF SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND PUTIN FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA

U.S.-Mexico Memorandum of Understanding signing event at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S., Arturo Sarukhan, leading the proceedings

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Brunei Foreign Minister Pehin Lim at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, 2016, before a bilateral conversation on the sidelines the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez having lunch with Mexican Secretary of Economy Sergio Garcia de Alba

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

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

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan participates in a joint press conference with South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-Nam and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Sugiyama Shinsuke in Seoul, South Korea on October 18, 2017.

Office of Human Resources Management - Swearing-In David McCormick

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - The President's Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) - Rockville , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a signing ceremony for the CSL Lease Extension with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, in San Salvador, El Salvador, July 21, 2019.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang shake hands before a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Palace of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 7, 2015.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

International Trade Administration - Swearing In Louisa Cheng

Bureau of Industry and Security - Slovenian Export Control Enforcement

Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet signs a historic partnership to establish a Peace Corps program for the first time in Vietnam, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius stand behind her, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 24, 2016. The announcement of the partnership coincides with U.S. President Barack Obama�s trip to Vietnam and underscores the United States� broader commitment to supporting the people of Vietnam through English language learning.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Water Cluster , Environmental Protection Agency

Flanked by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivers remarks at the U.S.-India Joint Strategic and Commercial Dialogue Opening Plenary, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai at the Centara Grand in Bangkok, Thailand on August 1, 2019.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation from Republic of Marshall Islands, led by Marshalls President Kessai Note

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary's Gutierrez's Trip from Brussels, Chongging China, Cairo and Beijing

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns (right) and Indian Ambassador to the United States H.E. Meera Shankar (left) prepare to sign the Arrangements and Procedures Pursuant to Article 6 (iii) of the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy regarding the reprocessing of U.S.- obligated nuclear material in India at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 30, 2010.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBC) , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton adding her signature, with Southeast Tourism Society President Bill Hardman to her left, during signing ceremony for Memorandumof Understanding establishing the Southeast Tourism Policy Council, a private-public partnership promoting tourism and the enhancement of the visitor experience on public lands

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Press Conference: United States Patent to Electronic Patent Filing

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Meets with Ambassador Zhou and Chinese Delegation

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, in Boa Vista, Brazil, on September 18, 2020.

Swearing in of George Staples as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, with Under Secretary for Management Henrietta Fore presiding

Secretary Dirk Kampthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with delegation led by Mexico's Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Jose Luis Luege. Among Interior officials joining the Secretary were Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, along with Chris Kearney, Kathryn Washburn, and Karen Senhadji.

Washington, D.C., Oct. 31, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks to agency representatives in the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA after attending a cabinet meeting held by President Barack Obama, to discuss updates on responses to Hurricane Sandy. Washington, DC, USA--October 31, 2012-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks to agency representatives in the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA after attending a cabinet meeting held by President Barack Obama, to discuss updates on responses to Hurricane Sandy.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Leland Melvin (right), NASA Associate Administrator for Education, along with the head of the Mexican Space Agency, Dr. Francisco Javier Mendieta Jimenez shake hands after signing a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (RSAA) for a NASA International Internship Program as NASA Administrator Charles Bolden looks on, Monday, March 18, 2013 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The International Internship Program is a pilot program developed at NASA which will provide and avenue for non-US students to come to NASA for an internship. US students will be paired with a foreign student to work on a NASA research project under the guidance of a mentor. This is the first NASA-Mexico agreement signed.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH MINISTER LEE, CHINA AQSIQ

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland participates in a bilateral meeting with Chile Foreign Minister Andres Allamand in New York, on September 20, 2021.

Ambassador Samantha Power, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir before a working lunch hosted by President Barack Obama at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena hold a joint press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 28, 2020.

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.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Office of Administrative Services Secretary Gen.Jose Miguel Insulza

Administrator Fugate (L) meets with Chris Howell (R) at the National Advisory Council meeting in Philadelphia, PA on March 19th, 2014.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar sign a 5G Joint Declaration in Bled, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Vietnamese Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong at a U.S.-Vietnam PEPFAR Partnership Framework Signing Ceremony at Ngoc Lam Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, on July 22, 2010.

Office of Internal Affairs - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), Sixteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council, Meetings of the Joint Public Advisory Committee , Environmental Protection Agency

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs David Shear meet with Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Albert Ferreros del Rosario in Manila on January 20, 2015. Assistant Secretary Russel is in the Philippines for a two-day visit to participate in the Philippines-U.S. Bilateral Strategic Dialogue and to reaffirm the depth of U.S.-Philippine relations.

Department of Education MOU Signing Ceremony. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona participate in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The NASA and Department of Education MOU is focused on strengthening the collaboration between the two agencies, including efforts that advance STEM education across the nation.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - China and EPA Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

President George W. Bush signs H.R. 7222, the Andean Trade Preference Act, in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on October 16, 2008.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Collective Bargaining Agreement Union

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

Bureau of Industry and Security - SIGNING CEREMONY WITH UNITED STATES AND CHINA

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives for a business roundtable with Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Bluemel, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Austria Trevor D. Traina, and Austrian companies, in Vienna, Austria, on August 14, 2020.

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