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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with staff at the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, on November 30, 2021.

NASA Administrator Meets with Delegation from Monaco. Monacos Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, right, meets with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with senior staff and members of the economic team in the Oval Office, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010.

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 Antony J. Blinken recognizes Dulles Operation Allies Welcome staff, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

President Barack Obama signs executive actions to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women, at an event marking Equal Pay Day in the East Room of the White House, April 8, 2014. The President signs the Presidential Memorandum -- Advancing Pay Equality Through Compensation Data Collection, and an Executive Order regarding Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information. Lilly Ledbetter stands to the left of the signing table.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates virtually in the 2021 High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers virtual remarks to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Trustees Meeting, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2020.

Hurricane Gustav, Baton Rouge, LA, September 3, 2008 President George W. Bush shakes hands with employees at the EOC, during disaster recovery efforts for Hurricane Gustav. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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.

Vice President Joseph Biden and HHS Kathleen Sebelius at a roundtable discussion on the rising costs of health care for people who work in small businesses and small business employers.

NASA Leadership Meets with Delegation from Israel. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson meets with Israels Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Ofir Akunis, Monday, March 27, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC.

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.

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

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Thai Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha hold a bilateral meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with Albanian Defense Minister Niko Peleshi during a bilateral exchange meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 2023.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Ambassador James Cunningham introduces him to address employees at Embassy Kabul, during a visit to Afghanistan for meetings with President Hamid Karzai on October 12, 2013.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, fourth from right, and Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, fifth from right, speak with the Honorable Karen Andrews Minister of Parliament and Minister, Industry, Science and Technology, Austrailia, second from left, during the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 in Washington.

President Obama at FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Colorado Senator, and nominee as next Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers virtual remarks to the diplomatic corps, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 14, 2021.

U.S. Under Secretary Tom Shannon introduces U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to deliver the keynote address at the Department of State�s Foreign Affairs Day for Active and Retired Employees of the Department of State and other Foreign Affairs Agencies on May 4, 2018.

Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, delivers remarks on the release of the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2018.

Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Supreme Court ruling

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visit at Main Interior from representatives of British Petroleum (BP) America

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Linus Kaikai of Citizen TV in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 18, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman hosts a roundtable with the Executive Women @ State (EW@S) in honor of Women�s History Month, on March 18, 2022, in Washington, DC.

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.

House Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request Hearing. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is seen on a monitor as he testifies before the House Subcommittee on Commerce Justice Science and Related Agencies during a hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget request, Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.

Secretary Pompeo delivers keynote speech to Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellows at the U.S. Department of State on October 23, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with the Committee to Protect Journalists' Board of Directors, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2021.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with members of a young Georgian entrepreneurs' group on July 6, 2016, in the historic district of Tbilisi, Georgia, before a conversation about their country, their businesses, and their aspirations.

President Barack Obama talks with Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman and National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients , right, in the Oval Office, Feb. 5, 2015.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm presents the funding award to agencies in response to the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Advancing Net-Zero Federal Facilities Federal Agency Call at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

President Donald Trump announced a national emergency in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. He also described a website under development by 1,700 engineers that would be launched very quickly to facilitate testing in virtually every location. Debbie Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, presents charts relating the website. His statements were misleading vaporware, conflating a smaller trial website under development by division of Alphabet, Googles parent company, that will be available only in the San Francisco area (BSLOC_2020_2_240)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Raychelle Omamo, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2021.

2012 Democratic National Convention

Office of the Secretary - Class Action Reform Event with PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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

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

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin participate in a virtual meeting with U.S. government officials in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - BUSINESS STRENGTHENING CORPORATE STEWARDSHIP WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AND PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S-Africa Business Forum Leaders Forum Session, �Game Plan: Shaping the Future of Fast-Growing Continent,� in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 15, 2021.

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Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS, SECRETARY JOHN SNOW AND SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO AT WEST COAST JOBS GROWTH TOUR

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

Presidential hopefuls speak at a bipartisan forum hosted by the International Association of Fire Fighters

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken attends a virtual roundtable with the Asian American Foreign Affairs Association at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 22, 2021.

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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a phone interview with Cameron Stewart of the Australian, on August 4, 2019 on the sidelines of his meetings in Sydney, Australia on August 4, 2019.

D. Kyle Sampson testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Alberto Gonzales's knowledge of attorney firings

President Donald Trump holds up Space Policy Directive - 3 after signing it during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. Chaired by the Vice President, the council's role is to advise the President regarding national space policy and strategy, and review the nation's long-range goals for space activities.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on issues related to President Trump�s Executive Order on Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry in to the United States during a press event, which included U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2017.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt signs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's guestbook before their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 9, 2021.

Presidential hopefuls speak at a bipartisan forum hosted by the International Association of Fire Fighters

2008 Republican National Convention

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 - UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM PROMOTION AND ADVISORY BOARD

Senators Clinton, Schumer and Kennedy gather in support of raising minimum wage

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers poses for a photo with Ambassadorial Seminar Participants, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 8, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual conversation with journalist Jonathan Capehart on �Pressing for Equality: Engaging on LGBTQI Issues Around the World�, from the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 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.

Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones, right, speaks with Senior Airman Gabrielle DeQuire, via video call, and Lt. Col. Sarah Zimmerman during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., July 8, 2022. DeQuire helped the Air Force update computer-based training to be more inclusive of religious and ethnic diversity.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2014.

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.

Small Business Administration Scorecard Press Conference. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson gives remarks during an event unveiling the 2022 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in the Earth Information Center at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy hosted Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), for the unveiling of the annual scorecard which looks at how federal agencies rank on meeting their small business goals.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks hosts South Korean Vice Minister of National Defense Shin Beom-chul at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2022.

Secretary Blinken Delivers a Speech on �Making Democracy Deliver for the Americas�

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Speech at the Chamber of Commerce DR- CAFTA Rally

Presidential hopefuls speak at a bipartisan forum hosted by the International Association of Fire Fighters

Trip by Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck to the USA from 06-10 March 2024 Route through Washington, statement in front of the White House in Washington, 07 March 2024

President Barack Obama visits Chrysler's Jeep plant to celebrate the auto industry's recovery from the recession; Chrysler recently repaid the loans that the Obama administration extended to help it recover from bankruptcy, Toledo, Ohio, USA, America, North America

Chief of Staff Denis McDonough's feet are pictured during a meeting in the Oval Office, Nov. 14, 2013. The Oval Office rug has several quotations around its perimeter, including one from Abraham Lincoln which reads, "government of the people, by the people, for the people."

Office of the Secretary - African American Event with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Stedman Graham

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual Town Hall meeting with Department employees, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2021.

Newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives have group "freshman" photo

D. Kyle Sampson testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Alberto Gonzales's knowledge of attorney firings

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

President Barack Obama hosts a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) town hall at the Diamond Jubilee Hall with 400 youth from the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Rangoon, Burma, on November 14, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, on October 31, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS RINGS BELL AT NYSE

Democratic Convention at Staples Center, Former President Bill Clinton's farewell address of 2000, Los Angeles, CA

Trip of the Federal Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck to the USA from 06-10 March 2024 Meeting with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, 07 March 2024

jsc2018e083380 - (Sept. 20, 2018) - Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump speaks to the crew aboard the International Space Station during a visit to the Mission Control Center at NASAs Johnson Space Center.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry receives a case of beer from Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, fulfilling the terms of a bet made over a US-Canada women's hockey match, during a break in the G8 ministerial meetings in London, United Kingdom, April 11, 2013.

President Barack Obama talks with employees during a stop at the Golden Fig in St. Paul, Minn., June 26, 2014.

New York, NY, Sept. 9, 2022FEMA Region 2 Administrator David Warrington welcomes Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for an informal get-together with regional staff. K.C. Wilsey/FEMA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the outset of a bilateral meeting on August 7, 2015, at the Vietnamese Communist Party Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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