Keynote Addresses and Conferences

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Annalena Baerbock, Greens, Foreign Minister, portrait during the Stuttgart Speech on Europe. The event series in the New Palace has been a tradition since 2002. Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers the keynote address at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Energy Summit on April 5, 2016, in New York City.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) Pride Event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2013.

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. makes comments about the STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope during a visit by the crew to the Embassy of Italy in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 2009.

Annalena Baerbock, Greens, Foreign Minister, portrait during the Stuttgart Speech on Europe. The event series in the New Palace has been a tradition since 2002. Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, far right, and Vice President Joe Biden, center, join an audience of several hundred in listening to German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliver a speech and take audience questions at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 7, 2015.

Secretary Pompeo delivers remarks at the Foreign Affairs Day celebration, at the Department of State, on May 3, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters and takes some of their questions during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 24, 2013, after the P5+1 member nations concluded negotiations with Iran about its nuclear capabilities.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the High-Level Dialogue on Combating Violence Targeting LGBT at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 25, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters gathered in a briefing room 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).

Madrid, 02/17/2020. The President of the Government Pedro Sánchez receives the president of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado in La Moncloa. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida during their joint press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on April 14, 2013.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Rome, Italy, on September 30, 2020.

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 June 24, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Mu�oz listen as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet addresses the Our Ocean Conference 2015 in Valparaiso, Chile, on October 5, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters as he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a news conference at the Bocherov Ruche - a government villa - in Sochi, Russia, following their own bilateral meeting and a meeting between the Secretary and Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12, 2015.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Q&A after delivering a speech on �The United States and Greece: Showing the Way Forward,� in Athens, Greece, on October 5, 2019.

Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes. Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes in Rennes in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister of Defense and President of the Regional Council of Brittany, Emmanuelle Cosse Minister of Housing and Nathalie Appéré Deputy of Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayor of Rennes . Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes. Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes à Rennes en présence de Jean-Yves Le Drian Ministre de la Défense et Président du Conseil Régional de Bretagne,Emmanuelle CosseMinistre du Logement etNathalie Appéré Députée d'Ille-et-Vilaine et Maire deRennes.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a concert honoring singer-songwriter Carole King in the East Room of the White House, May 22, 2013. President Obama presented King with the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during the event, which was part of the "In Performance at the White House" series.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses an American Chamber of Commerce China gathering after he attended the 2014 APEC Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, China, on November 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the Our Ocean Conference 2015 in Valparaiso, Chile, on October 5, 2015.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman participates in an International Women's Day event and speaks with women entrepreneurs in Casablanca, Morocco, on March 8, 2022.

U.S. Ambassador to India Rich Verma delivers remarks at his swearing-in ceremony, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 19, 2014.

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump delivers remarks at the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers virtual remarks as part of the National Defense University President�s Lecture Series, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 2020.

Barcelona, 01/12/2016. Inauguration of the president of the president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, at the Palau de la Generalitat, accompanied by his wife, Marcela Topor. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses international journalists in the United States for the 10th anniversary of the Edward R. Murrow Exchange Program, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 2015.

President Barack Obama acknowledges applause after he delivers a speech at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, March 20, 2011.

U.S. Ambassador to Peru Brian Nichols and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore listen as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru, on December 11, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, escorted by Founder Klaus Schaub, walks off stage after delivering the keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 24, 2014.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is seen during a NASA town hall event, Monday, April 1, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at a U.S. Foreign Policy Briefing for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2011.

Proceedings of the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference in Hollywood, California, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Governors from the four U.S. states bordering Mexico--California Governor, and Border Governors Association Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger; Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano; New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson; and Texas Governor Rick Perry--along with the respective Governors of the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, and Tamaulipas, as well as other U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes (off). Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes in Rennes in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister of Defense and President of the Regional Council of Brittany, Emmanuelle Cosse Minister of Housing and Nathalie Appéré Deputy of Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayor of Rennes . Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes (off). Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes à Rennes en présence de Jean-Yves Le Drian Ministre de la Défense et Président du Conseil Régional de Bretagne,Emmanuelle CosseMinistre du Logement etNathalie Appéré Députée d'Ille-et-Vilaine et Maire deRennes.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on the U.S.-UK Special Relationship, at Lancaster House, London, United Kingdom, May 8, 2019.

Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 lunar module pilot, salutes as he is recognized by Vice President Mike Pence during the opening ceremony of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, beim Economic Dialogue mit EZB-Praesidentin Christine Lagard

Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes. Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes in Rennes in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister of Defense and President of the Regional Council of Brittany, Emmanuelle Cosse Minister of Housing and Nathalie Appéré Deputy of Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayor of Rennes . Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes. Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes à Rennes en présence de Jean-Yves Le Drian Ministre de la Défense et Président du Conseil Régional de Bretagne,Emmanuelle CosseMinistre du Logement etNathalie Appéré Députée d'Ille-et-Vilaine et Maire deRennes.

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the launch of a new historic preservation initiative, Preserve America, emphasizing, through grants and awards, the development of federal, state, local partnerships to promote preservation of, and greater public use of, historic sites

Jimmy Carter holds a press conference circa 30 June 1977.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the memorial service for Richard C. Holbrooke at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 2011. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama, second from right, are sitting behind the Secretary.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, February 20, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint conference with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz in Warsaw, Poland on February 12, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the 20th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) headquarters, in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says farewell to State Department employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo addresses the press following his remarks on the situation in Venezuela during the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, New York on January 26, 2018.

FRA - POLITIQUE - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, tête de liste du parti Debout La France aux élections européennes, en visite à Josselin en Bretagne.FRA - POLITICS - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, head of the list of the party Debout La France in the European elections, visiting Josselin in Brittany.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers questions from CBS News State Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan at the end of the opening session of the Geneva II conference in Montreux, Switzerland, on January 22, 2014.

Guest, front row from right, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), and Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, listen during the Apollo 40th anniversary celebration held at the National Air and Space Museum, Monday, July 20, 2009 in Washington.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on May 19, 2016, amid the alliance's two-day, biannual Foreign Ministerial Meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the World Food Prize Laureate Announcement Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2013.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-01. As part of the start of the Greek parliamentary elections, Alexis Tsipras, former Prime Minister and President of the Progressive Alliance Syriza PS gives a meeting in the Municipal Gymnasium of Peristeri. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-01. Dans le cadre du debut des elections legislatives grec, Alexis Tsipras, ancien Premier Ministre et President de L'Alliance Progressiste Syriza PS donne un meeting dans le Gymnase Municipal de Peristeri. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks during a panel discussion with Actor and Environmentalist Adrian Grenier and Dean of Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service Dr. Joel Hellman during the Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit held on the Georgetown University Campus on September 16, 2016.

Madrid, 12/21/2015. Pablo Iglesias' press conference the day after the 20D general elections. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Miami Dade College Honors graduates � and seeks to recruit them to work for the State Department - on April 14, 2016, during a day trip to the city in which he also met with members of the State Department's Miami Passport Agency and Media Hub, as well as Cuban-American leaders.

Vice President Joseph Biden introduces U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim to the audience during a speech at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, on December 6, 2013.

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson addressing General Assembly, United Nations, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, June 1968

President Bush participates in a White House national conference on faith-based and community initiatives

(L-R) Philipp Lahm, former professional footballer and European Championship ambassador, and Bernd Neuendorf, President of the DFB, photographed at the kick-off event for the European Football Championship in Berlin, 1 February 2024 / Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint press availability with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia on May 14, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a public discussion event with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, in London, United Kingdom on January 30, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to speak with an audience of the Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations about the U.S./E.U./P5+1 Iranian nuclear deal at Yeshiva University in New York, N.Y., on July 24, 2015.

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the launch of a new historic preservation initiative, Preserve America, emphasizing, through grants and awards, the development of federal, state, local partnerships to promote preservation of, and greater public use of, historic sites

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London, United Kingdom on July 21, 2020.

Sen. John Glenn gives remarks at an event celebrating his legacy and 50 years of americans in orbit held at the Cleveland State University Wolstein Center on Friday, March 3, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks on World Water Day in the World Bank Atrium in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2011.

(L-R) Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, and Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan, speak to the media after a joint meeting in Berlin, 16 April 2024 / Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a major address on December 9, 2015, at the COP21 climate change conference at LeBourget Airport in Paris, France.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Equal Futures Partnership meeting, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 22, 2016.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 21: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at a rally at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel on February 21, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Adolfo Utor, president of Baleària, Palma, Mallorca.

Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes. Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travels to Rennes in Rennes in the presence of Jean-Yves Le Drian Minister of Defense and President of the Regional Council of Brittany, Emmanuelle Cosse Minister of Housing and Nathalie Appéré Deputy of Ille-et-Vilaine and Mayor of Rennes . Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes. Déplacement du Premier Ministre Bernard Cazeneuve à Rennes à Rennes en présence de Jean-Yves Le Drian Ministre de la Défense et Président du Conseil Régional de Bretagne,Emmanuelle CosseMinistre du Logement etNathalie Appéré Députée d'Ille-et-Vilaine et Maire deRennes.

Vice President Joseph Biden delivers a speech at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, on December 6, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sits in the audience with participants of the Community of Democracies conference at the Slowacki Theater in Krakow, Poland, on July 3, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner co-host a luncheon with Chinese Vice Premier Wang, Chinese State Councilor Dai, and U.S. and Chinese business leaders, at the Blair House in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2011.

Madrid, 12/20/2015. Pablo Iglesias of Podemos, on the electoral night of the general elections of 20D. Photo: Oscar del Pozo ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at an event at the State Library New South Wales' Mitchell Reading Room followed by a Q&A session with Australian Foreign Minister Payne and Center for Independent Studies Executive Director Tom Switzer on August 4, 2019.

John McCain and Palin family at Republican National Convention 2008

Aga Khan is a title held by the Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Shias. Since 1957, the holder of the title has been the 49th Imam, Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini, Aga Khan IV (b. 1936). All Aga Khans claim descent from Muhammad, last prophet of Islam.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, takes part in the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in London, London, United Kingdom, Europe

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press availability with Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic in Montenegro, on October 4, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, flanked by Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, delivers remarks on the release of the 2018 Trafficking in Persons report and honors the ten 2018 'TIP Report Heroes' at the U.S. Department of State on June 28, 2018. (

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Hoover Institution in Washington D.C., on February 23, 2020.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden delivers remarks at the 16th Annual International Women of Courage ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint press availability with Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 2, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Spanish President Mariano Rajoy at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, on October 19, 2015.

Television camera shows the view of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaking to reporters during a joint press availability with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, October 31, 2015.

Madrid, 12/11/2023. Pedro Sánchez presents his second book of memoirs En Tierra Firma. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a town hall meeting with university students and civil society representatives, at the National Theater, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 12, 2010.

More than 200 people including students, young leaders, government officials, and civil society were in the audience during the taping of an interview with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at Phyathai Palace in Bangkok, Thailand July 22, 2009.

Madrid, 02/23/2016. Press conference by Pedro Sánchez in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, in Rome Italy on June 28, 2021.

Journalist and former First Lady of California Maria Shriver reads the poem "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver during the National Tribute to Sally Ride at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Washington.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Chancellor, recorded during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, 03.05.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Trip to New York City: Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), 11:25AM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York.

Madrid, 07/05/2017. 15 years of Vocento. Forum of former presidents of the Government with the presence of Felipe González, José María Aznar and José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Olaf Scholz (Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, SPD) surrounded by guests at the Chancellor's meeting at ufaFabrik in Berlin on 4 September 2024

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-01. As part of the start of the Greek parliamentary elections, Alexis Tsipras, former Prime Minister and President of the Progressive Alliance Syriza PS gives a meeting in the Municipal Gymnasium of Peristeri. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-01. Dans le cadre du debut des elections legislatives grec, Alexis Tsipras, ancien Premier Ministre et President de L'Alliance Progressiste Syriza PS donne un meeting dans le Gymnase Municipal de Peristeri. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses delegates before he signed the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, N.Y.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, listen as Eddie Floyd sings "Knock On Wood" during the In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul” concert in the East Room of the White House, April 9, 2013.

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