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President G W Bush campaigns at an Ask President Bush event at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, VA on August 9, 2004.

Presidential Richard Nixon.

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

President Bush comments on the Iraq War supplemental in the East Room of the White House

Senator John Kerry addresses audience of supporters at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

John McCain

New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

President Bush attends swearing-in ceremony for Rob Portman as Director of Office of Management and Budget

Colorado Congressman Mark Udall at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Senator John Kerry speaking from stage at Heritage Square, Flagstaff, AZ

Vice President Mike Pence speaks prior to the swearing-in of Jim Bridenstine as the 13th NASA Administrator, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

John McCain gives a keynote address in Washington, DC.

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

Joe Biden

George Herbert Walker Bush (born 1924) 41st President of the United States 19891993. Vice President 19811989. Head-and-shoulders portrait with stars-and-stripes in background. American Politician Republican

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

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

Sen. John Hoeven makes remarks during the Air Forces 75th birthday celebration at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2022. The birthday officially falls on Sept. 18.

Senator John Kerry shakes hands with supporters at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

Senator Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 11, 2017

President's Environmental Youth Awards - Portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush , Environmental Protection Agency

President George Bush, right, with Secretary Gale Norton at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Paul Ryan

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates remotely in the Sunday morning talk shows from Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

President Bush announces Robert Zoellick to replace Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank

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.

Alexander Haig (1924 - 2010) was the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and the White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He retired as a general from the United States Army, having been Supreme Allied Commander Europe as the vice chief of staff of the Army. In 1973, he became the youngest four-star general in the U.S. Army's history.

John Edwards Campaigning Through Iowa

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talks to the media after a caucus of Democratic Senators about the debt legislation in the US Capitol on August 1, 2011.

LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 22: Republican presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks at a rally at the Durango Hills Community Center on February 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada in anticipation of the Nevada Caucus

President Bush participates in a ceremony honoring the NBA Champion Miami Heat basketball team

Senator John McCain R-AZ answers questions during an interview in Senator McCain's office on Capitol Hill on January 5, 2007.

Official portrait of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

Senator Jeff Sessions answers questions during his confirmation hearing to become Attorney General. The hearing was held in the Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building on January 10, 2017.

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

President George Bush appearing at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, Oregon, for address on the Healthy Forests Initiative and environmental policy, following his visit to the site of the Squire Peak forest fire

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

President Clinton rallies for Virginia senatorial candidate Jim Webb

Perry Campaigns in Iowa

Senator John Kerry addressing audience of seniors at the Valley View Rec Center, Henderson, NV

John McCain

United States Representative Newt Gingrich (Republican from Georgia) during speech in Washington, DC.

President Bush attends swearing-in ceremony for Rob Portman as Director of Office of Management and Budget

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

President Clinton rallies for Virginia senatorial candidate Jim Webb

Press conference announcing the launch of the Trust of the National Mall, a nonprofit organization that will help raise private-sector funds needed for restoration and preservation of the National Mall. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined National Park Service Deputy Director Lindi Harvey, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, Trust for the National Mall Chairman John "Chip" Akridge, Washington, D.C. Delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton, and other dignitaries at the event, which also included a brief civics lesson taught by an actor playing George Washington to a group of students from Anne Beers Elementary School in Washington, D.C.

Mitt Romney campaigning through Iowa.

Official portrait of Vice President Mike Pence. Vice President of the United States from 2017, under President Donald Trump

Oregon Senator Gordon Smith, far left, with Colorado Congressman Mark Udall, center, and New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Paul Ryan

President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a press conference at the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 21, 2002. Rumsfeld flew in from Was

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, meets with JPL Director Michael Watkins during a tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Pasadena, California.

Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary takes questions in the White House Press Briefing room on January 27, 2009.

Closeups of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne during his press conference at Acadia National Park, Maine

Romney Campaigns in South Carolina

Tony Blair at the White House.

Closeups of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne during his press conference at Acadia National Park, Maine

Colorado Congressman Mark Udall at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Secretary Geithner speaking at his swearing in ceremony on January 26, 2009 in the Cash Room at the Department of the Treasury.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Ian Kelly, addresses staff and family members from the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, during a meet-and-greet at the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel in Tbilisi on July 7, 2016.

Mitt Romney campaigning through Iowa.

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair watches President George W. Bush during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on July 29, 2006.

Gingrich campaigns in Iowa

Official portrait of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

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

Senator Marco Rubio asks Rex Tillerson a question at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 31, 2017

President Clinton rallies for Virginia senatorial candidate Jim Webb

Senator Kennedy at a press conference.

Fred Thompson Campaigning Through Iowa

Colorado Congressman Mark Udall at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken is interviewed by BBC Newsnight's Evan Davis about current events, including Iran, Ukraine, U.S.-U.K. relationship, at the U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom, on March 4, 2015.

Tom Daschle testifies at his confirmation hearing to be the Secretary of the Departmemnt of Health and Human Services on January 8, 2009.

Virginia Governor Tim Kaines speaking at Barack Obama Presidential Rally, October 30, 2008 at Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, VA

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken records a video message at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 2021.

John McCain third debate

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

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

Official portrait of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks at the premiere of the film "Apollo 11: First Steps Edition", Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

Sen. Sherrod Brown makes remarks during the Air Forces 75th birthday celebration at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2022. The birthday officially falls on Sept. 18.

President George W. Bush walks into a South Lawn event on November 12, 2008.

Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, asks NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine a question during a Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness hearing titled, "Global Space Race: Ensuring the United States Remains the Leader in Space," Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington.

Representative Newt Gingrich in June 1993

Judge John Roberts answers a question from Senator Charles Schumer during the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC of Sept 13, 2005 on his nomination to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Trent Lott, Senate Minority Whip following the midterm election

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and newly elected House leadership talk to the media

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

Opening reception for the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and National Park Foundation Board of Directors member and International Paper Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Faraci among the dignitaries on hand

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at an event in the East Room of the White House to announce the resignation of Rahm Emanuel.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on �Reclaiming America�s Voice for Freedom,� at the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, D.C., on January 11, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry examines an Oreo-flavored Panda cupcake baked for him by a military wife after his staff presented it and cake adorned with a plane flying around the globe to mark his 71st birthday on December 11, 2014, while he made the 50th overseas trip of his tenure to Lima, Peru, to speak about climate change at the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and to meet with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with "CBS Evening News" Anchor Scott Pelley before an interview at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, N.Y., on August 11, 2015, focused on the Iranian nuclear deal negotiated by the United States, Iran, the European Union, and the P5+1 nations.

Kerry Bush First Presidential Debate 2004

Senator Al Gore's speech at the 1992 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden

Senator Harry Reid speaking at the Ralph Cadwallader Middle School, Las Vegas, NV

Mike Huckabee campaigning through Iowa.

New Mexico Congressman Tom Udall at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

United States, New York. Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Republican National Convention on August 30, 2004.

An enthusiastic Senator John Kerry addresses audience at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

US Senator Mark Warner speaking at Barack Obama Presidential Rally at Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, VA, October 30, 2008

Robert Eaton photographed in June 1, 1995

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