Political Moments and Gatherings

Photographs capturing significant political moments, featuring groups of well-dressed individuals in formal settings, exchanging remarks during ceremonies.

President Barack Obama thanking Kathleen Sebelius and welcoming Sylvia Mathews Burwell, incoming Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Left of President Obama, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and to his right, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

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

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton laughs at a remark by Vice President Joe Biden as they wait for the start of a press statement by President Barack Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the Oval Office Aug. 18, 2009.

Office of the Secretary - President of the United States (POTUS) George W Bush Visit to Department of Labor (DOL) with Secretary Elaine Chao

Scenes from the first day of the 110th Congress, with Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

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

First Lady Laura Bush, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes appearing at the Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Benjamin Franklin Room

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

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 thanking Kathleen Sebelius and welcoming Sylvia Mathews Burwell, incoming Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Left of President Obama, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and to his right, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Vice President Joe Biden salutes the U.S.-Brazil partnership at a State Luncheon that he and Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken hosted in honor of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2015.

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

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

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

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses the U.S.-UK relationship at the luncheon in honor of UK Prime Minister David Cameron at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2012. U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden is also pictured.

President Barack Obama talks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi following a meeting with Democratic Leadership in the Oval Office, July 11, 2012. At left, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin talks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 1, 2022.

George W. Bush, Mrs. Bush, Senator and Mrs. John McCain at campaign rally, Burbank, CA in 2000

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

With Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken looking on, Vice President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff toast the U.S.-Brazil partnership at a State Luncheon in the Brazilian President's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2015.

Office of the Secretary - President of the United States (POTUS) George W Bush Visits Department of Labor (DOL)

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson with Valentina Matvienko (Governor St. Petersburg)

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

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner pats President Barack Obama on the back as he leaves the House Chamber at the conclusion of his State of the Union address, Jan. 27, 2010. At left is Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

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 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

President Bush delivers the state of the union

Secretary Gale Norton with Arizona Senator John McCain during events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

Vice President Joe Biden swears in Bruce Heyman as the U.S. Ambassador to Canada at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2014.

President Bush delivers the state of the union

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

Tony Blair and George W. Bush at the White House.

President Bush greets King Abdullah of Jordan

Reception at Harry S. Truman Building for actress Angelina Jolie, greeted by Department officials and staff including Secretary Colin Powell, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Secretary's Open Forum Chairman William Keppler. Jolie participated in Open Forum panel discussion of the documentary film that she narrated, "Trading Women," an investigation of Southeast Asian sex trafficking.

Apollo 11 Astronauts, from left, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin stand in recognition of Astronaut John Glenn during the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology tribute to the Apollo 11 Astronauts at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Washington. The committee presented the three Apollo 11 astronauts with a framed copy of House Resolution 607 honoring their achievement, and announced passage of legislation awarding them and John Glenn the Congressional Gold Medal.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama applaud President George W. Bush and for First Lady Laura Bush at the unveiling of their official White House Portrait in the East Room of the White House on May 31, 2012.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomes Boeing Company Chairman, President, and CEO W. James McNerney, Jr. to the first-ever State Department Global Business Conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 21, 2012.

Apollo 11 Astronauts, from left, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden attend the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology tribute to the Apollo 11 Astronauts at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Washington. The committee presented the three Apollo 11 astronauts with a framed copy of House Resolution 607 honoring their achievement, and announced passage of legislation awarding them and John Glenn the Congressional Gold Medal.

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

Office of the Secretary - President of the United States (POTUS) George W Bush Visit to Department of Labor (DOL) with Secretary Elaine Chao

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo attend a dinner hosted by Ambassador Gingrich_ in Rome, Italy, on October 2, 2019.

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 John Kerry examines the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Leadership after Sir Bob Reid, Chairman Emeritus, and Dr. Marcia Balisciano, Director, presented it to him at the Benjamin Franklin House in London, U.K., on October 31, 2016.

U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton shaking hands with Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds during meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Bob McNeely, White House Photographer, March 17, 1993

October 12, 1978: President Jimmy Carter, Moshe Dayan and Egyptian foreign minister Kamal Hassan Ali in the East Room of the White House at the Middle East Peace Talks.

Jessica Simpson and Operation Smile visit the U.S. Capitol

Secretary of State Micahel R. Pompeo officiates the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of John Sullivan as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2020.

President Barack Obama meets with Rep. Barney Frank, (D-Mass), Sen. Dick Durbin, (D-Ill), and Sen. Chris Dodd, (D-Conn), in the Green Room prior to financial regulatory Reform announcement June 17, 2009.

President George W. Bush shakes hands with NY Giants quarteback Eli Manning in the Kennedy Garden of the White House on March 20, 2008. Melissa Johnson is in the middle.

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

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 Barack Obama bids farewell to Personal Secretary Katie Johnson on her last day at the White House, June 10, 2011.

Television news anchor Tom Brokaw, Secretary Gale Norton, and Chairman of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, auto executive Lee Iacocca, left to right, at opening of the American Family Immigration History Center at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, New York

Swearing-in ceremony, reception for Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, with President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Interior officials, Kempthorne family and friends on hand

Musician and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow speaks at the Capitol with the National Breast Cancer Coalition

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts shakes hands with President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House on September 29, 2005

President George W. Bush and PM Tony Blair walk from the Oval Office to the Rose Garden.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans on Capitol Hill (2/02/05 and 2/03/05)

President Bush with Supreme Court Judicial nominee 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

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan shakes hands with Harry Reid at the Statue of President Ronald Reagan after the unveiling in the Rotunda of the United State Capitol on June 3, 2009.

The White House Project hosts Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

University of Denver Chancellor Emeritus Daniel Ritchie, First Lady Laura Bush, Nancy Anschutz of the Anschutz Family Foundation, Qwest Communications founder Philip Anschutz, and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right, attending National Park Foundation event at Phipps Mansion in Denver, Colorado

White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon talk before President Donald Trump announces his nomination federal appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House on January 31, 2017

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. President John F. Kennedy receiving gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Ovla Office, White, House, Washington, D.C., USA, Robert Knudsen, White House Photographs, June 27, 1962

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans on Capitol Hill (2/02/05 and 2/03/05)

U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with President of France Francois Mitterrand in the White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, September 29, 1988

Vice President Kamala Harris swears-in William Burns as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

President Reagan talking with Vice President Bush.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBAs All-Time Leading Scorer and a New York Times best-selling author, to discuss his new role as a global Cultural Ambassador, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2012.

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

Visit of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and writer-filmmaker Dayton Duncan to Main Interior, where they met with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and spoke in the auditorium about their upcoming release, The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Vice President Pence and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on the House podium before President Trump arrives to give a speech to a joint session of Congress on February 28, 2017

Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Announcement 2008

Dick Cheney and Nancy Pelosi D-CA. talk before King Abdullah II King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan delivers a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress in DC on Mar 7, 2007.

02/05/2008. 6-2-08: Jordi Pujol with his wife, Marta Ferrusola, before the presentation to the press of volume I of his Memoirs: "Memories (1930-1980) - history of a Conviction". Photo: Sigefredo.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan portrait on Their 35th wedding anniversary, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, March 3, 1987

Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter sing with Martin Luther King Sr., Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young and other civil rights leader during a visit to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta circa 14 January 1979.

Secretary Gale Norton with Arizona Senator John McCain during events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

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

Mrs. Susan Pompeo delivers remarks at Take Your Child to Work Day at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2019.

President Reagan meeting with Nicholas Brady.

Jimmy Carter with Senator Ernest Hollings circa 25 October 1978.

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. President Ronald Reagan during a ceremony to present the 1985 National Technology Awards to Steven Jobs in the East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, February 19, 1985

Presidential candidate Senator John McCain R-AZ and Senator Joseph Lieberman D-CT talk at the 56th National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. on February 7, 2008.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Ambassador David Hale as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, at the Department of State, August 30, 2018.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Donald Evans on Capitol Hill (2/02/05 and 2/03/05)

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with U.S. University Research Community, in California on January 14, 2020.

Adare Manor Donald Evans

Former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, left, and musician Diana Krall bow there heads in prayer during a memorial service celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at the Washington National Cathedral. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, died Saturday, Aug. 25. He was 82.

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