Meetings with Public Figures

Formal gatherings featuring political figures shaking hands, discussing legislation, and attending receptions in various indoor settings.

President George W. Bush on visit to Main Interior, talking and posing with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and top aides in and around the Secretary's office

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

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former Apollo astronauts Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (left) and Gene Cernan share stories about their missions for an audience attending an anniversary banquet honoring the Apollo program team, the people who made the entire lunar landing program possible. The banquet was held in the Apollo/Saturn V Center, part of the KSC Visitor Complex. This is the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch and moon landing, July 16 and July 20, 1969. Other guests at the banquet were astronauts Wally Schirra, Gene Cernan and Walt Cunningham. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon; Gene Cernan was the last

US President George W. Bush (left) talks with the Portuguese Prime Minster Durao Barroso, during a one-day emergency summit meeting to discuss the possibilities of war in Iraq, held at Lajes Field, Azores.

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

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Events at 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 present and former U.S. Cabinet Secretaries and their Mexican counterparts for discussion of bi-national economic, resource, and security issues

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Learnship Training Conference with Secretary Elaine Chao

Event hosted by Secretary Condoleezza Rice in the Benjamin Franklin Room, marking the launch of the Ralph Bunche Societies Initiative.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Bill Ford Jr.

McCain and Obama at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2008.

Office of the Administrator - Virginia - Administrator Gina McCarthy speaking at Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Old Dominion University Idea Fusion and the 100th Anniversary of the Ministers' Conference at Hampton University , Environmental Protection Agency

Jessica Simpson and Operation Smile visit the U.S. Capitol

10/30/2003. Madrid, 10-31-03 presentation of the senate gold medal To Pedro Sanz Alonso, current president of La Rioja and to the former Presidents Joaquín Espert and José Ignacio Pérez. Photo: Daniel G. López.

Former President George H.W. Bush, with former First Lady Barbara Bush to his left and Secretary Gale Norton to his right, at ceremony at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C., featuring unveiling of dedication panel for statue of Roosevelt in wheelchair

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with former Secretary of State James Baker in Houston, Texas on November 15, 2019.

Dirk Kempthorne sworn in as Secretary of the Interior at White House ceremony led by President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Annual Dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, Historic Site Superintendent Keith Pruitt, and Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian of A and E Television's History Channel, for tours, remarks, interactions with National Park Service staff and visitors

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT THE RADIO AND TV CORRESPONDENTS DINNER

VISIT BY VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE

Former First Lady Barbara Bush, rear second from left, former President George H.W. Bush, Secretary Gale Norton among dignitaries on hand at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C., for the unveiling of the dedication panel for the statue of Roosevelt in a wheelchair

Opening ceremony unveiling the new Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, National Park Service officials including Gettysburg Superintendent John Latschar, representatives of The Gettysburg Foundation, and Civil War movie actor Stephen Lang among the dignitaries delivering remarks

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at Retirement of June Robinson

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and George P. Shultz meet prior to Secretary Tillerson's Stanford University speech on the Way Forward for the United States regarding Syria, at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University, in Stanford, California on January 17, 2018.

Dirk Kempthorne sworn in as Secretary of the Interior at White House ceremony led by President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at ORD's AA Paul Gilman swearing-in , Environmental Protection Agency

PIERCE BROSNAN and CYNTHIA NIXON in THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK (2017), directed by MARC WEBB.

Department of the Interior officials, staff meeting newly-arriving Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Spokesperson Heather Nauert poses with Ambassador of the Lebanese Republic to the United States during the working luncheon for the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C..

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior with Mary-Margaret Smith, Interior Congressional Liaison Specialist

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Gryshchenko meet with Ukrainian civil society leaders at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 2011.

Event honoring the Washington National Opera in the Benjamin Franklin Room, with appearances by Secretary Condoleezza Rice and other Department officials

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

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

Madrid 06-06-2011 close-up interview with the Autonomous Presidents of the PP after the victory in the 22-M Elections Mº Dolores de Cospedal (Castilla la Mancha) Esperanza Aguirre (Madrid) and Luisa Fernanda Rudi (Aragon) photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island, with appearances by 2005 Foundation honoree, actor Bruce Willis, center, and Secretary Gale Norton, right

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona to address the 65th Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his wife, Renda St. Clair, pose for a photo in the Secretary's outer office on his first day at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 2017.

09/04/2006. 05-09-06-Madrid. Royal Palace. Their Majesties the Kings and Princes of Asturias. In audience with the Spanish Basketball Team that was proclaimed World Champion this Sunday in Japan.- Photo. Chema Barroso.-Archdc.- in the image Pau and the King.

Sen. John Glenn and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver pose for a photograph during a celebration dinner at Ohio State University honoring the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic flight aboard Friendship 7 Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Reception at B. Smith's Restaurant

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Reception at B. Smith's Restaurant

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Reno, Nevada for Nevada Resource Advisory Council reception at the Silver Legacy Resort and Casino

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Opening ceremony unveiling the new Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, National Park Service officials including Gettysburg Superintendent John Latschar, representatives of The Gettysburg Foundation, and Civil War movie actor Stephen Lang among the dignitaries delivering remarks

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

MIRA NAIR and JULIAN FELLOWES in VANITY FAIR (2004), directed by MIRA NAIR.

Department of the Interior University-sponsored presentation by journalist and author Ron Suskind, discussing his book, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

President William Jefferson Clinton shakes hands with US Marine Corps Sergeant Heath Kuhlmann at the Arkansas Ball. Kuhlmann stood in for the president during the January 12 dress rehearsal of the 1997 Presidential Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremony. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(Left to right) Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Beazley, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich, and U.S. Consul General to Australia Michael Thurston await U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's arrival in in Melbourne, Australia, on November 7, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for a photograph with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Australian Parliamentary Secretary Richard Marles at the Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, August 31, 2012.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and Jim Shea at Care Careers.Net Press Conference

Events marking designation of Graceland Mansion, home of Elvis Presley, Memphis, Tennessee, as a National Historic Landmark, with appearances by Elvis Enterprises chief Jack Soden, actress Priscilla Presley, and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right

Gates McFadden, star of Star Trek, The Next Generation, signs autographs and shakes hands after her performance. Her appearance is sponsored by the USO for Task Force Eagle soldiers stationed in Tuzla. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVORTASK FORCE EAGLE Base: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at an event in honor of Veterans Day, at the Department of State, Washington, D.C., November 12, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin today (Feb.1) as part of his tour of the Western Hemisphere. In his speech at UT Austin, he outlined his policy priorities for the region and took questions from the audience.

Executive Director Sandy Hoa Dang with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Fulbright University of Vietnam (FUV) Establishment Ceremony. Records of Scholarship and Fellowship Granting Foundations, Agency Officials and Events.

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