Political Figures Speaking

Images of political figures in formal settings, engaged in discussions. The atmosphere is serious and focused, with an emphasis on the importance of words during political events.

President Trump speaks about meaningful background checks on people buying guns, 2019

U.S. President George W. Bush proclaims the first veto of a Congressional bill, killing research on embyonic stem cells

LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 23: Presidential candidate for the Republican 2016 Presidential Primary Campaign, Donald J. Trump does finger pointing with voters and supporters at Nevada caucus, Palos High School, Las Vegas.

President Donald Trump's first Indian event was a visit to historic Sabarmati Ashram, where Mahatma Gandhi and his wife lived in the 1920s and 1930s. Trump views the spinning wheel, which symbolized Gandhi's 'non-cooperation movement.' Homemade cloth was part of a self-reliance campaign encompassed in the larger independence movement (BSLOC_2020_2_228)

Katie Johnson, President Barack Obama's personal secretary, far right, talks with Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, before the start of the President's daily economic briefing in the Oval Office, Sept. 8, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Solicitor General Donald Verrilli in the Oval Office, after learning of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” June 28, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerrys delivers remarks during his ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., February 6, 2013.

President Barack Obama returns to the White House from Fort McNair where he volunteered with the "United We Serve" service project with First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia on June 25, 2009.

'Freedom Anthem' at dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. Oct. 14, 2011. Singing 'We Shall Overcome', L-R: Harry Johnson, Sr.; Michelle and Barack Obama, Joe and Jill Biden; Ken Salazar; Herman 'Skip' Mason. (BSLOC_2015_3_74)

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with DREAMers who have received Deferred Action and U.S. citizen family members of undocumented immigrants, in the Oval Office, May 21, 2013. Seated clockwise from the President are: Melissa McGuire-Maniau; Mehdi Mahraoui; Angie Kim; Cecilia Muñoz, Domestic Policy Council Director; Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett; Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement; Kate Kahan, Legislative Director for the Center for Community Change; Diana Colin; Kevin Lee, Miguel Leal, and Justino Mora.

President Barack Obama has a relaxed moment in a meeting in the White House Situation Room. July 8, 2011. (BSLOC_2015_13_140)

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with NASA astronaut Commander Scott Kelly upon his return from a nearly yearlong mission on the International Space Station,in the Oval Office, March 2, 2016.

Members of the military raise their hands during a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the East Room of the White House, May 1, 2009.

President Barack Obama embraces House Speaker Nancy Pelosi following their meeting in the Oval Office, Dec. 4, 2010.

President Barack Obama greets guests after signing a Presidential Memorandum outlining the next steps in his vision for cleaner and more efficient vehicles, in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 21, 2010.

Oct. 13, 2009 Much to Sasha’s chagrin, the President starts dancing to the music at the Fiesta Latina event on the South Lawn of the White House.”

President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China greet guests on the South Lawn of the White House, Jan. 19, 2011.

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Ghani hold a press conference in the East Room of the White House on March 24, 2015

July 14, 2012 "The President delivers remarks in the pouring rain at a campaign event in Glen Allen, Va. He was supposed to do a series of press interviews inside before his speech, but since people had been waiting for hours in the rain he did his remarks as soon as he arrived onsite so people."

Vice President Cheney participates in memorial ceremonies for the September 11 attacks

President Barack Obama makes Thanksgiving Day phone calls to U.S. troops from the Oval Office, Nov. 24, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the family of Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army, outside the Oval Office prior to a Medal of Honor ceremony honoring Specialist Sabo, May 16, 2012. Pictured, from left, are: Kathleen Starkey, sister-in-law; Rose Sabo-Brown, widow; Frances Buccelli, mother-in-law.

Reportage: President Donald J. Trump, joined by First Lady Melania Trump, pardons Corn” as the 2020 National Thanksgiving Turkey Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, during the annual pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Nov. 14, 2009 We were on Air Force One heading to the Summit of the Americas in Singapore. Since the 1990’s, the host country for this Summit chooses a shirt that all heads of state wear to the formal ceremony. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was showing the President pictures of past leaders wearing—shall we say—not the most dignified of shirts. At the Summit, the President joked that he looked forward to hosting the 2011 Summit in Hawaii, where everyone would have to wear Hawaii shirts and grass skirts.”

The Israel-Jordan peace treaty being signed in 1994. US President Bill Clinton watches Jordan's King Hussein and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sign the treaty on the White house lawn

Trip to Western States: Dinner in honor of Senator Warren Magnuson in Seattle, Washington, 9:00PM. President John F. Kennedy addresses the audience at Senator Warren G. Magnuson's (Washington) 25th anniversary dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Seated to the right of the lectern are (L-R) Senator Henry M. Scoop Jackson (Washington) and Albert D. Rosellini, Governor of Washington.

Members of the Price family watch as President Barack Obama presents Defense Superior Service Medal to departing Military Aide Lt. Col. Sam Price in the Oval Office, Jan. 9, 2012.

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

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Bo, the Obama family dog, greet visitors during an inaugural open house in the Blue Room of the White House, Jan. 22, 2013.

President Barack Obama greets wounded warriors and their families in the East Room during their tour of the White House, Aug. 25, 2014.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by White House staff, applaud as they watch the House of Representatives vote on and approve the Presidents COVID-19 relief bill, the American Rescue Plan Wednesday, March 10, 2021, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

2012 Democratic National Convention

President Barack Obama holds the baby daughter of former staff members Darienne Page Rakestraw and London Rakestraw in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House, July 1, 2014.

President Joe Biden talks with children participating in a Toys for Tots event at Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., December 12, 2022. Toys for Tots is celebrating 75 years of uniting communities in a common cause to help less-fortunate children through annual toy collection and distribution.

Dedication ceremony for the new Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Vice President Dick Cheney, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi, Grand Teton Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott, and Susan Thomas, wife of the late Senator Craig Thomas, among the featured speakers

Preserve America Presidential Awards event at the White House, with Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III providing the introduction and First Lady Laura Bush announcing awards to the African Burial Ground project (resulting in the African Burial Ground National Monument) in New York City, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City, the Corinth and Alcorn County, Mississippi Heritage Tourism Initiative, and the Historic Courthouse Preservation Program in Texas

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk down the South Portico stairs to greet guests during the Fourth of July celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2014.

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