Official Meetings at the White House

Candid moments from official meetings in the White House, featuring political figures discussing issues in an accessible, informal setting.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Senior Advisors in the Oval Office, June 9, 2009.

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.

Nov. 23, 2013 "Ben Rhodes and Tony Blinken both give thumbs up as the President talks on the phone with Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva to discuss ongoing negotiations with Iran. The call was on a Saturday which accounts for the casual attire."

An Economic Daily Briefing meeting in the Oval Office, March 11, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Democratic Senators following a meeting with Members of Congress on the Affordable Care Act, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 6, 2013. Standing with the President, from left, are: Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo.; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.; and Sen. Mark Begich, D-Ark. This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Senior Advisors in the Oval Office, June 9, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with his national security advisors in the Situation Room of the White House, Aug. 7, 2014.

President Barack Obama attends a National Economic Council Meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 1, 2009.

President Barack Obama, Middle East Envoy George Mitchell, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel during a briefing in the Oval Office for a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, May 18, 2009

President Barack Obama reads a document in the Oval Office, Feb. 21, 2012.

Office of the Administrator - Department of State Air Monitoring - Administrator Gina McCarthy and Secretary of State John Kerry , Environmental Protection Agency

President Barack Obama listens to Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting on immigration with Cabinet members and advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 7, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo co-hosted a virtual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS small group with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on June 4, 2020.

Pres. Barack Obama receiving an update from his national security team on the campaign to degrade and destroy the ISIL terrorist group. (l to r: VP Joseph Biden, Pres. Barack Obama, Sec. of Def. Ashton Carter.)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, in Rome, Italy on June 27, 2021.

President Barack Obama listens as CIA Director David Petraeus makes a point during a national security meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2011.

President Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry in a holding room before making remarks on the health insurance reform bill at the Department of Interior, March 23, 2010.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 23, 2021.

President Barack Obama listens during a meeting about the current situation in Pakistan Oct. 7, 2009 in the Situation Room of the White House. Left to right, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Vice President Joe Biden; the President; National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Director of National Intelligence Adm. Dennis C. Blair (partially obscured); and CIA Director Leon Panetta.

President Barack Obama meeting with healthcare stakeholders in the Roosevelt Room at White House May 11, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

President Barack Obama talks during the Daily Economic Briefing in the Oval Office with Vice President Joe Biden, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Director of the National Economic Council Larry Summers, Jan. 22, 2009.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on our efforts in Afghanistan since August 14 and the way forward, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with the Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellows at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 27, 2016.

August 4, 2015 "On his birthday, the President listens to a prayer during a phone call with pastors."

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with U.S. mayors to discuss jobs and the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 20, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a joint press availability with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok in the Great Salon Room in The Hague, the Netherlands on June 3, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken co-signs the presidential commissions for our new Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, our new Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon, and other newly appointed officials at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken co-signs the presidential commissions for our new Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, our new Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon, and other newly appointed officials at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at a virtual COVID-19 Ministerial from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 10, 2021.

Office of the Administrator - Department of State Air Monitoring - Administrator Gina McCarthy and Secretary of State John Kerry , Environmental Protection Agency

President Barack Obama works with Director of Speechwriting Cody Keenan and Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, to prep for the State of the Union address, in the Oval Office, Jan. 23, 2014.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel aboard Air Force One during the flight to Louisville, Ky., April 2, 2015. With the President, from left, are Personal Aide Joe Paulsen and Colin Kahl, National Security Advisor to the Vice President.

President Barack Obama receives a leather-bound 2009 edition of the "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States" from David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, center, in the Oval Office, Feb. 25, 2011. Joining them are staff from the Office of the Federal Register and National Archives and Records Administration.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat as part of the U.S.-African Union High Level Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS

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.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on the virtual release of the 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report on June 25, 2020 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi on March 14, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Feb. 4, 2009 The President talks with aides during an impromptu meeting around the Resolute desk.”

President Barack Obama works on his statement concerning the situation in Libya with, from left, Chief of Staff Bill Daley, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 19, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a Town Hall Meeting on the Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 9, 2020.

President Barack Obama and bipartisan Congressional leaders listen to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Dec. 9, 2009.

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

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the opening session of the Forum on Modernizing Government, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. As part of his commitment to change how business is done in Washington and instill a new sense of responsibility for taxpayer dollars, the President welcomed more than 50 of the countrys top CEOs, deputy secretaries, including NASA's Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and department chief information officers to the forum.

Office of the Secretary - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT SIGNING CEREMONY

Friendly group of business colleagues have a business meeting in the comfortable lobby of their building.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans with Members of Congress

President Barack Obama signs Medal of Honor award citations in the Oval Office, March 17, 2014.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken meets with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 2016.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shows off the desk upon which the Treaty of Paris was signed during a meeting with the Massachusetts delegation at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 8, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag on the sidelines of the 'Road to GES', hosted by the U.S. Department of State in Overland Park, Kansas on March 18, 2019.

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Washington DC, D. C. , August 28, 2011 Leadership from the Federal Emergency Management Agency participate in a morning operations brief regarding tropical storm Irene.. North Carolina Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

NASA Leadership Meets with Republic of Koreas Minister of Foreign Affairs. From left to right, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speak with Republic of Korea Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jin Park, and Republic of Korea Ambassador to the U.S., Taeyong Cho, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington DC.

President Barack Obama talks with Senior Advisor David Axelrod at a staff meeting in the Oval Office May 12, 2009. Seated is Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is briefed by U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Jennifer Galt at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 5, 2016, before the Secretary greeted staff at the U.S. Embassy, and before he held bilateral meetings with Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren and Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

President Barack Obama receives a national security briefing from John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, in Chilmark, Mass., Aug. 19, 2011.

International Trade Administration - PEC MEETING

Dec. 10, 2010 The President had just met with former President Clinton late on a Friday afternoon. When they emerged from the Oval Office, the President said, We're going to the press briefing room. I had walked ahead of them and, upon reaching the briefing room, found that the door was locked: the press office staff were all attending a White House Christmas party in the residence. So we went to find Robert Gibbs. We're looking for some reporters, the President said, when we found Robert Gibbs in his office. Returning to the briefing room, the two Presidents waited until someone found a key, before doing an impromptu news conference.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

Vice President Harris and French President Macron meet at NASA HQ. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to highlight space cooperation between the United States and France, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington.

President Barack Obama attends a health care meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, August 7, 2009. From left; Director of the Office of Management and Budget Peter Orszag, Counsel of Economic Advisors Chair Christy Romer, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro, Director of the Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann Deparle, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, President Obama, and Senior Advisor David Axelrod.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk in a West Wing hallway at the White House in between meetings to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction talks, Sunday, July 31, 2011.

Air Force Chief Scientist Dr. Victoria Coleman, center, announces funding for historically Black colleges and universities to create a university affiliated research center consortium during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., June 27, 2022. UARCs are research centers affiliated with a university to ensure that technology and engineering capabilities important to the military service are maintained.

President Donald Trump, speaks before signing Space Policy Directive - 1, directing NASA to return to the moon, alongside Vice President Mike Pence, members of the Senate, Congress, NASA, and commercial space companies in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Great Lakes Mayors , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, left, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, right, participate in the annual meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2011.

President Barack Obama meets with Eurozone leaders on the Laurel Cabin patio during the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., May 19, 2012.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meet on May 12, 2016, at No. 1 Carlton Gardens in London, U.K., with a group of European bankers to clarify for foreign banking institutions the rules regarding doing legitimate business with Iran in the aftermath of last year's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a town hall meeting with Department employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT SIGNING CEREMONY

Madrid, March 13, 2025. Moncloa Palace. Meeting of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez with representatives of the parliamentary groups in the Congress of Deputies. Pictured: with Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Events at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 18, 2019.

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

Republican National Convention 2004 in New York City

Anefo photo collection. Final vote Tax Plan Oort Commission Lower House. Minister Ringing (L) Secretary King Terpstra (kiss). February 2, 1989. Hague, South Holland

Office of the Secretary - House Appropriations Committee Hearing with Secretary Carlos Gutierrez

President Barack Obama is briefed in preparation for a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, Sept. 22, 2009.

President Barak Obama meets with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in the Oval Office, Feb. 24, 2010.

Senators work together on immigration reform

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shows her gratitude to U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake and staff from the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs involved in the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2010.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2021.

President Barack Obama talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton about his decision to send her to the Middle East while attending the U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 20, 2012. From left are: Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; Jake Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State; and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.

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

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, fotografiert am Rande ihrer Teilnahme an der hochrangigen offenen Debatte ueber den Nahen Osten im Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen. Hier im Gespraech mit US Aussenminister Antony

Mixed race businessman with eyeglasses

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Kuwait, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Chief Executive Officer Duncan Niederauer at the NYSE during the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, New York September 21, 2009.

Office of the Administrator - Women in Diplomacy , Environmental Protection Agency

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

U.S. Secretary of State Micheal R. Pompeo meets with recently accredited Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions posted to Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Department of State on October 14, 2020.

President Barack Obama signs S. 517, Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, into law.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - 14th National Marine Sanctuary President George W. Bush and Secretary Gutierrez

Smiling mid-adult businessman looking at his work colleagues and holding an open book while sitting in an office.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Danish Broadcast Corporation's Channel 2 in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 17, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS

Announcement, at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers

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