Official Meetings and Handshakes

Images of formal meetings, featuring handshakes and discussions among professionals in suits, showcasing a serious and collaborative atmosphere.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation from the University of Idaho, led by University President Timothy White, and also including Vice President for Research John McIver, Government Relations head Marty Peterson, and Fuller

Office of the Secretary - 911 OBSERVANCE WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, and Undersecretary of Commerce for Ocenas and Atmosphere Conrad Lautenbacher in White House-hosted meeting with private-sector leaders to discuss concepts for proposed cooeprative conservation legislation. Under discussion were proposals focusing on improving forest health, enchancing marine and coastal habitat, promoting landscape-scale conservation, and cleaning up abandoned hardrock mining sites.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation from the University of Idaho, led by University President Timothy White, and also including Vice President for Research John McIver, Government Relations head Marty Peterson, and Fuller

Office of the Secretary - Meeting with Ambassador of Mexico

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

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Oath Ceremony, Stephen L. Johnson , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides meeting at Main Interior with Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski and associates

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining other senior officials for ribbon-cutting ceremony, briefing, tours at the new Interior Operations Center (IOC)

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visit at Main Interior from retired Naval Admiral Frank "Skip" Bowman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute, and former Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors in the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS HOUSE APPROPRIATION HEARING

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

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

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Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH PAKISTANIAN MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Dr. Creemer , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary with Austrian Minister Bartenstein

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 Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - United States Ambassador To Iraq, Kalmay Khalizad

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH PAKISTANIAN MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Gary Fahey

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, New York, to participate in a ceremony unveiling plans for a major Museum expansion--known as The Peopling of America Center, funded by the National Park Service along with the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation--and to observe a naturalization ceremony, for 12 new Americans, under the direction of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Among dignitaries joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event for The Peopling of America Center were Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument Superintendent Cynthia Garrett, Annenberg Foundation Senior Program Officer Gillian Norris-Szanto, Bank of America Charitable Foundation President Andrew Plepler, and Ellis Island Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Briganti.

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary with Argentina Secretary of Commerce Alfredo Chiaradia

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visit at Main Interior from White House Office of Presidential Personnel (PPO) liaison staffers

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Industry Outreach , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - TABD Chair and Coca Cola CEO Neville Isdell

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

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, New York, to participate in a ceremony unveiling plans for a major Museum expansion--known as The Peopling of America Center, funded by the National Park Service along with the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation--and to observe a naturalization ceremony, for 12 new Americans, under the direction of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Among dignitaries joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event for The Peopling of America Center were Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument Superintendent Cynthia Garrett, Annenberg Foundation Senior Program Officer Gillian Norris-Szanto, Bank of America Charitable Foundation President Andrew Plepler, and Ellis Island Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Briganti.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation from the Boise, Idaho Chamber of Commerce

Secretaary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Todd Dixon, Deputy Manager of the Bureau of Reclamation's Nebraska-Kansas Area Office

Bureau of Industry and Security - Swearing -In David McCormick

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Bureau of Industry and Security - FINANCING INNOVATION FORUM UNITED STATES and INDIA

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS' REMARKS TO COUNCIL OF AMERICAS

President George W. Bush touring offices in Main Interior, meeting Department officials and staff

Office of the Secretary - Lunch with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

Bureau of Industry and Security - FINANCING INNOVATION FORUM UNITED STATES and INDIA

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH PRES OF PERU ALEJANDRO TOLEDO

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Iraq Minister Dr. Addal-Falah Al-Sudani

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Department's Presidential Management Fellows

Western Governors' Association meeting and reception at Main Interior, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

EOC shoot , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Secretary - Confirmation Hearing Dr. David Sampson

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana to open and close the Minerals Management Service's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas Lease Sale 207 for the Western Gulf of Mexico. Secretary Kempthorne hosted a press conference at the conclusion of the sale to announce the final bid total as well as the significance of the sale for the nation's energy discussion.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Ambassador of Singapore

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

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - Business Liaison Roundtable

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS FROM JAPAN

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Russian Minister of Communication and Information Technology Leonid Reiman

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Egyptian Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid

Meeting and press conference, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, on inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with the Secretary joined by Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - General Motors CEO Metting

Office of the Secretary - CAFTA with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Democratic Leaders

Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Dave Anderson, Secretary Gale Norton, and Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, left to right, at Department of Interior headquarters signing event for federal-state-tribal agreement resolving water rights claims of Zuni Tribe in Little Colorado River Basin of Arizona

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson Friends , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Russian Ambassador Yuri Ushakov

Office of the Secretary - Earth Observation Summit Brussels, Belgium

Office of the Secretary - BULGARIAN EMBASSY

National Press Club Performance Track , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - Breakfast with USDA Secretary

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

American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) awards ceremony, led by AFSA President J. Anthony Holmes, in Benjamin Franklin Room. Awardees included .

Colorado Senator, and Secretary of the Interior nominee, Ken Salazar joining current Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for tour of the newly opened Interior Operations Center (IOC)

Swearing-in ceremony for Robert Faber as Interior Assistant Solicitor, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne presiding at Main Interior

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH THAI MINISTER

Office of the Secretary - Meeting with Pakistani Commerce Minister

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Irish Minister for Enterprise Michael Martin

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - U.S. Green Building Council , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS FROM JAPAN

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Trip to Moscow, Russia

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SHEIK OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Alexis Herman's Appointee Reception

Interior-Agriculture Memorandum of Understanding signing event and related activities at Main Interior, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer leading the proceedings

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with delegation from the University of Idaho, led by University President Timothy White, and also including Vice President for Research John McIver, Government Relations head Marty Peterson, and Fuller

National Parks Centennial Challenge Dinner, hosted by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at Main Interior, promoting the public-private matching fund element of the Interior initiative designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016

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 Donald Evans on Capitol Hill (2/02/05 and 2/03/05)

First official day at the Department of the Interior: Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring Main Interior and National Mall, meeting officials, staff, visitors

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Gutierrez Trip to St. Petersburg, Russia

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

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