Political Figures and Events

Images featuring notable politicians engaging at various events, highlighting legislative actions and ceremonial introductions in formal settings.

President Barack Obama walks past a portrait of President H. W. Bush after he makes his announcement about the General Motors bankruptcy and bail out.

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

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden escort Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the East Room of the White House where the President will introduce her as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David, May 26, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden looks on at left.

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden applauds U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, during Secretary Kerry's ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Department in State in Washington, D.C., February 6, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright give remarks at the Truman Foundation Fortieth Anniversary Event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on June 22, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton deliver remarks at an event celebrating Amelia Earhart and the United States ties to our Pacific neighbors at the Department of State on March 20, 2012.

President Barack Obama walks past a portrait of President H. W. Bush after he makes his announcement about the General Motors bankruptcy and bail out.

President Donald J. Trump flanked by First Lady Melania Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo addresses Tri- Mission Brussels during a meet-and-greet in Brussels, Belgium on July 11, 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

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

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Henry Waxman, Rep. George Miller, and Rep. Charlie Rangel walk from Oval Office to address the press following a meeting on healthcare reform, May, 13 2009.

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Charles Chuck” Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan Friday, March 12, 2021, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

President Barack Obama and President Felipe Calderón of Mexico stand together during the playing of the national anthem on the South Lawn of the White House, May 19, 2010.

George W. Bush announces the recess appointment of John Bolton to be the ambassador to the UN in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Aug 1, 2005. John Bolton, President Bush, Condoleezza Rice.

United States, Washington, D.C. President George W. Bush makes a statement on Iraq in the Cross Hall of the White House on April 10, 2008.

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

Prior to the start of their working dinner with President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, check their watches to see if it is officially sunset, in the Blue Room of the White House, Sept. 1, 2010.

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford delivering remarks upon being sworn in as 38th President of the United States, U.S. First Lady Betty Ford sitting left, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger sitting right, White House East Room, Washington, D.C., USA, Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, August 9, 1974

U.S. President Gerald R. Ford delivering remarks upon being sworn in as 38th President of the United States, U.S. First Lady Betty Ford sitting left, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger sitting right, White House East Room, Washington, D.C., USA, Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, August 9, 1974

U.S. Ambassador John Phillips introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he and President Obama address the Tri-Mission Rome State Department staff to Italy, the Holy See, and UN agencies in Rome on March 27, 2014.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is congratulated by his family after he is ceremonially sworn in by U.S. Vice President Vice Biden at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., February 6, 2013. Also pictured is U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) talks with President Barack Obama during the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in honor of former Massachusetts Sen. Edward W. Brooke, second from right, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2009. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) stands at far right.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with representatives of Russian civil society during a meeting at the U.S. ambassador's residence, the Spaso House, in Moscow, Russia, on May 8, 2013.

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

President Barack Obama and Sen. Ted Kennedy enter the East Room of the White House to attend the second session of a Health Care Summit with members of Congress March 5, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias speak to the press at a news conference at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs after their meeting in Athens, Greece, on December 4, 2015.

President George Bush with Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters following meetings with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Dairi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Paris, France, on October 14, 2014.

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden delivers remarks at the 2011 Global Chiefs of Mission Conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 3, 2011.

With her husband Tom Donilon, Dr. Jill Biden, and Vice President Biden looking on, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women�s Issues Catherine Russell delivers remarks at her swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2014.

President Bush attends swearing-in of John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State

President George W. Bush walks to the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State after a meeting on Iraq on December 11, 2006.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis at Castle Grande in Bellinzona, Switzerland, on June 2, 2019.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Supreme Court Justices prior to the investiture ceremony for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, Sept. 8, 2009. From left: Associate Justices Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, President Barack Obama, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Vice President Joe Biden, Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, and retired Associate Justice David Souter.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center; and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden toast the U.S-Germany partnership at a luncheon co-hosted by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

3/7/02 Andrew Card, Ari Fleischer, Mitch Daniels talk outside of the Oval Office during a Rose Garden Ceremony.

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Vice President/U.S. President-elect George H.W. Bush with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, Governors Island, New York City, New York, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, December 7, 1988

President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Medal of Freedom to Kara Kennedy, accepting the award on behalf of her father, Sen. Ted Kennedy, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House August 12, 2009. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on "Supporting Iranian Voices� at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley, California on July 22, 2018.

President Barack Obama talks with guests at a dinner for Congressional Committee chairmen and ranking members in the East Room of the White House

Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a luncheon in honor of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 7, 2015.

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

Photo mosaic of American flag and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush at the opening ceremony of the Clinton Presidential Library November 18, 2004 in Little Rock, AK

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosts the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) 10th Anniversary Celebration at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2013.

President Joe Biden, joined by First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, attends the Medal of Honor Ceremony for Ret. U.S. Army Col. Ralph Puckett, Jr. Friday, May 21, 2021, in the East Room of the White House.

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

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is welcomed to the White House in an official state arrival by President George W. Bush

Vice President Joseph Biden with the Biden family Bible being held by his wife Dr. Jill Biden takes the oath for the office of Vice President at the US Capitol on January 21, 2013.

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

Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media following the democratic take-over of the House

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks at the U.S. Senate Youth luncheon at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2017.

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Ben Bernanke as Fed Chairman

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks before swearing in Paul Jones as the new U.S. Ambassador to Poland at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2015.

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

Madrid, 06/28/2022. NATO Summit. Meeting of Pedro Sánchez and Joe Biden at the Moncloa palace. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Trip to Western States: Dinner in honor of Senator Warren Magnuson in Seattle, Washington, 9:00PM. President John F. Kennedy attends Senator Warren G. Magnuson's (Washington) 25th anniversary dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Seated on the platform are (L-R): an unidentified man, Senator Magnuson, and President Kennedy. White House Secret Service agents Toby Chandler (standing to the left of the platform) and Bob Lilley (seated in front of the platform, far right) are also included in the photograph.

President Bush meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Former US President Bill Clinton speaks during the grand opening ceremony of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, AK 18 November 2004.

Photograph of the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat with President of the United States Jimmy Carter at the White House. Dated 1977

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his thanks after French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault awarded him the Grand Officer of the L�gion d'honneur, the second-highest level of the French award, during a ceremony on December 10, 2016, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France.

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 George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivers remarks at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at a State Luncheon hosted in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2011. The luncheon was co-hosted by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, and Secretary Clinton.

President Barack Obama talks with Senators Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., in the Grand Foyer of the White House prior to a dinner with a bipartisan group of women senators, April 23, 2013. Chief of Staff Denis McDonough talks with Senators Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., in the foreground.

United States, Washington, D.C. Pope Benedict XVI listens as the crowd on the South Lawn of the White House sings Happy Birthday, April 16, 2008.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier listen as a citation is read before the Secretary receives the Order of Merit - the higher civilian award in Germany - from government officials during a ceremony at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on December 5, 2016.

President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 22, 2009.

Ronald Reagan, takes the oath of office as the 40th president of the United States. His wife, Nancy, is standing to his left during the Inauguration Day celebration. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Reportage: President Barack Obama speaks at a White House event honoring U.S. athletes from the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2014. Pictured with Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are Julie Chu and (far right) Jon Lujan of Littleton, Colo.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as an Egyptian journalist questions him and Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy during a joint news conference following a meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on November 3, 2013.

U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush swearing-In Alan Greenspan as Chairman of Federal Reserve Board as U.S. President Ronald Reagan looks on, White House East Room, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, August 11, 1987

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the State Department�s Annual Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019.

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Second Lady of the U.S., Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Joseph Biden delivers remarks at the Holiday Reception for the Diplomatic Corps and their spouses at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 2013.

President Barack Obama looks on as Justice Sonia Sotomayor hugs her mother Celina at the end of a reception for the new Supreme Court Justice in the East Room of the White House, August 12, 2009.

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

Mike Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician; vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 50th governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017. Pence was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013, representing the 2nd district of Indiana from 2001 to 2003 and the 6th district of Indiana from 2003 to 2013.

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

State Funeral of President Kennedy: Requiem Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral and burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Sydney Lawford; Peter Lawford; Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland; Steve Smith; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joan Bennett Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne Lem Billings; President Kennedy's personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); President Kennedy's valet, George E. Thomas; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Toby Chandler. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by U.S. Charge d'Affaires MaryKay Carlson delivers remarks to the Mission India Personnel at U.S. Embassy New Delhi, India on October 25, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and newly installed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson take the stage in the gilded Lacarno Media Room in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London U.K., on July 19, 2016, before a news conference following their first bilateral meeting.

President Bush delivers his State of the Union Address

Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and French President Emmanuel Macron toasts the U.S.- France relationship during the state luncheon at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 2018.

President George Bush with Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

WOODY HARRELSON in LBJ (2016), directed by ROB REINER.

Governor Bill Clinton gives victory speech at the Governors Mansion, 1992 in Little Rock, Arkansas

Alberto Gonzalez

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton walks on the stage accompanied by President George W. Bush, former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush during the official opening ceremony of the Clinton Presidential Library November 18, 2004 in Little Rock, AK

President Bush delivers the state of the union

Former US President Bill Clinton, US Sen. Hillary Clinton, former President George HW Bush, Barbara Bush and others on stage during the grand opening ceremony of the William J. Clinton Presidential center in Little Rock, AK 18 November 2004.

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