Official Meetings and Summits

Formal photographs of political figures and dignitaries during high-profile meetings, highlighting diplomatic attire and significant events.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Manuel Domingos Vicente, Vice President of the Republic of Angola, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira da Costa, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet with President Napolitano and his wife Clio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, before departing for the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, July 8, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho and is wife, Mrs. Mathato Mosisili, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. General Michel Sleiman, President of the Republic of Lebanon, and Mrs. Sleiman, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, and Mrs. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

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

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Fatmir Sejdiu, President of the Republic of Kosovo, and his wife, Mrs. Sejdiu, and an interpreter, Vjosa Osmani (r), Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Manuel Domingos Vicente, Vice President of the Republic of Angola, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait in a hallway at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., moments before taking the stage at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, Saturday, May 1, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guinea, and Mrs. Djene Kaba Conde, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands with Avon's Global Ambassador Reese Witherspoon, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Avon's Chairwoman and CEO Andrea Jung at the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. March 10, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama stand with Honoree Col. Shafiqa Quraishi of Aghanistan at the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. March 10, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, and his wife, Mrs. Pimpen Vejjajivaand, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and his wife, Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama reacts to special effects makeup during the Film Symposium and Oscars Workshop in the Blue Room, Nov. 8, 2013.

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva of Russia, right, on the Truman Balcony of the White House, June 24, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Ernestina Mills, First Lady of Ghana, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., March 8, 2012.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Xavier Espot Miro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Institutional Relations of Andorra, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Dr. Feleti Sevele, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with T.H. Earl Deveaux, Minister of the Environment of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Donald J. Trump flanked by First Lady Melania Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Ambassador to the Belgium Ronald Gidwitz and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland greets Tri- Mission Brussels employees and families in Brussels, Belgium on July 11, 2018.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Johnson Toribiong, President of the Republic of Palau, and Mrs. Toribiong, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Mr. Jacob Zuma President of the Republic of South Africa, and Mrs. Nompumelelo Primrose Zuma, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., Vice President of the Republic of Liberia, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on July 10, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Her Excellency Anne Anderson, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama looks back at workshop participants Robert Santelli, Executive Director of The GRAMMY Museum, Willie Nelson, Common, U.S. Army Sergeant Christiana Ball and U.S. Navy veteran Ted Peterson in the Blue Room, prior to "The Stars and Stripes Forever: A History of Music and the Military" workshop in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 6, 2016.

President Barack Obama joins First Lady Michelle Obama onstage for a surprise visit during the Kids' State Dinner in the East Room of the White House, July 18, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and his wife Mrs. Kamilla Mammadyarova, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Ibrahim Roshdy Mahlab, Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are welcomed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Buckingham Palace in London, England, April 1, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, and Mrs. L�gia Arcangela Lubrino Dias Fonseca, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

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

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center; poses for a photo with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, right; UK Prime Minister David Cameron, second from right; Dr. Jill Biden; second from left; and Samantha Brown, left; at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2012.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, and his wife, Mrs. Djoudi Hadjir, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets recipients of the State Department 2015 International Women of Courage Award recipients in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House March 7, 2015. (l-R) Nadia Sharmeen, Bangladesh; Arbana Xharra, Kosovo; May Sabe Phyu, Burma; Marie Claire Tchecola, Guinea; Tabassum Adnan, Pakistan; Sayaka Osakabe, Japan; Rosa Julieta Montano Salvatierra, Bolivia; Captain Niloofar Rahmani; Afghanistan; Majd Chourbaji, Syria.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right; and First Lady Michelle Obama, left; pose for a photo with 2012 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Winner Shad Begum of Pakistan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Jenna Bush Hager surprise guests in the State Dining Room during a tour of the White House, Feb. 10, 2015.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan, King Hussein I and Queen Noor of Jordan meeting in the White House Yellow Oval Room prior to state dinner, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, November 2, 1981

Vice President Kamala Harris swears-in Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior Thursday, March 18, 2021, in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcome President Hu Jintao of China at the North Portico of the White House for the State Dinner, Jan. 19, 2011.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; second from left; U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, second from right; and Dr. Jill Biden, right; pose for a photo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Alberto G. Romulo, Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, and Ms. Denise Bucumi, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom pose for a photo with 2014 International Women of Courage Awardee Dr. Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar, a Tribunal President of the High Risk Court in Guatemala, at the 2014 Secretary of State�s International Women of Courage Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden host a poetry recital in honor of Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in the Blue Room of the White House, Oct. 23, 2013. The poems were read by Billy Collins, an American poet, and Sojourner Ahebee, a student poet.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Abdelwaheb Abdallah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Tunisian Republic, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right; and First Lady Michelle Obama, left; pose for a photo with 2012 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Winner Maryam Durani of Afghanistan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2012.

President Barack Obama, with Chairperson of the National League for Democracy and Member of Parliament Aung San Suu Kyi, addresses the international media at her residence in Rangoon, Burma, on November 14, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right; and First Lady Michelle Obama, left; pose for a photo with 2012 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Winner Jineth Bedoya Lima of Colombia, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2012.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Dr. Kiron Skinner as Director of Policy Planning, at the Department of State, September 4, 2018.

President Barack Obama meets with former Chief of Protocol Selwa "Lucky" Roosevelt, left, and guests in the Oval Office, Feb. 27, 2012. The President signed a presidential commendation in honor of Roosevelt's government service.

First Lady Michelle Obama poses with former First Ladies, April 25, 2013. L-R: Michelle Obama; Laura Bush; Hillary Rodman Clinton; Barbara Bush; Rosalynn Carter. They were attending the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. (BSLOC_2015_3_50)

President Barack Obama kisses the cheek of Ms. Mattie Atkins as he and First Lady Michelle Obama greet audience members during a reception celebrating Black History Month in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 26, 2015. Ms. Atkins was a "foot soldier" in the civil rights marches in Marion, Ala. in 1965.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) and Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna (right) at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue reception at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk in the Blue Room of the White House before the start of the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, August 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and his family in the Oval Office before announcing Locke as the next U.S. Ambassador to China, March 9, 2011.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with bipartisan Congressional leadership Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Reportage: Vice President Mike Pence, Mrs. Karen Pence, and their daughter-in-law Sarah Pence pose for a photo Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in the Papal Library at the Vatican.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a State Luncheon in Chinese President Xi Jinping's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Secretary Kerry meets with Fulbright Program Alumni, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 20, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo poses for a group photo with the 2019 'TIP Report Heroes' at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 20, 2019.

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump presents the 2018 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award to Roya Sadat of Afghanistan during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2018.

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump poses for a photo with the 2018 Secretary of State's International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awardees during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2018. The 2018 awardees are Roya Sadat of Afghanistan, Aura Elena Farfan of Guatemala, Dr. Julissa Villanueva of Honduras, Aliyah Khalaf Saleh of Iraq, Sister Maria Elena Berini of Italy (nominated by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See), Aiman Umarova of Kazakhstan, Dr. Feride Rushiti of Kosovo, L�Malouma Said of Mauritania, Godelive Mukasarasi of Rwanda and Sirikan Charoensiri of Thailand.

Stephan Weil (Minister President of Lower Saxony, SDP), Elke Büdenbender (woman of the Federal President), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany), William Samoei Ruto (President of the Republic of Kenya) and Rachel Ruto in the front row at the Federal President's Civic Festival in Bellevue Palace Gardens, Berlin, 13 September 2024

President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump welcomes King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, meets with Indian Ambassador the U.S. Meera Shankar, second from the right, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2011.

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump presents the 2018 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award to Sister Maria Elena Berini of Italy (nominated by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See) during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets 2015 Kennedy Center Honors recipient singer-songwriter Carole King at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 5, 2015.

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at a Joining Forces initiative tea for the spouses of senior military leadership, hosted by Dr. Jill Biden at the Vice President's Residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., June 25, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and First Lady of the United States Melania Trump present Moumina Houssein Darar from Djibouti with the 2019 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award during the ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and First Lady of the United States Melania Trump present Mama Maggie from Egypt with the 2019 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award during the ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2019.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a luncheon he co-hosted with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in honor of the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet children during the arrival ceremony at Comalapa International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 22, 2011.

Vice President Kamala Harris talks with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and the Vice Presidents National Security Adviser Nancy McEldowney in the West Wing of the White House Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, prior to the daily presidential briefing.

First Lady Michelle Obama curtsies with Lynne Silosky, a niece of posthumous Medal of Honor awardee, Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller, in the Oval Office, Oct. 6, 2010.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon introduces First Lady Melania Trump to address the 2017 Secretary of State�s International Women of Courage Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2017.

First Lady Michelle Obama embraces 2014 International Women of Courage Awardee Oinikhol Bobonazarova, Director of the NGO Perspektiva Plus in Tajikistan, at the 2014 Secretary of State�s International Women of Courage Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2014.

Israeli President Shimon Peres welcomes Ambassador Susan Rice, the President�s National Security Advisor, before their meeting in Jerusalem on May 7, 2014.

Michelle Obama with White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan Morrison in the State Dining Room, at an event for the children of service members.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for a photo after a town hall meeting with Search for Common Ground and Congolese University Students August 10, 2009 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., October 10, 2012.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Canadian Foreign Minister M�lanie Joly at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 12, 2021.

Visit of figure skating star Michelle Kwan to State, where she joined Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes in the Treaty Room for the announcement of Kwan's appointment as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. In the role, Kwan, a five time World Champion and two time Olympic medalist, will reach out to international young people by visiting their schools and clubs to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.

President of the Indian Congress Party Sonia Gandhi welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to her residence in New Delhi, India July 29, 2009.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, und Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir von Katar, aufgenommen im Rahmen des Cairo Summit for Peace in Kairo, 21.10.2023

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump presents the 2018 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award to Roya Sadat of Afghanistan during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2018.

U.S. President Richard Nixon greets President of Liberia William R Tolbert, arriving at the White House, Washington DC.

2016 International Women of Courage Award winner Zuzana _tevulov� of Slovakia, Director of the Human Rights League, delivers remarks at the Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2016.

First Lady Melania Trump poses for a photo with 2017 International Women of Courage Awardee Major Aichatou Ousmane Issaka of Niger during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2017.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Canadian Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 13, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

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