Political Speakers and Events

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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the The Claremont Institute's 40th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills, California, on May 11, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers a speech on �In Tribute to Human Freedom� at Rice University�s Baker Institute for Public Policy, in Houston, Texas on November 15, 2019.

Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein delivers remarks at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 5, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Ploughshares Fund Gala at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 2013.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) headquarters in Washington D.C. on October 18, 2017.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the The Claremont Institute's 40th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills, California, on May 11, 2019.

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

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on �The China Challenge� at the Hudson Institute�s Herman Kahn Award Gala at the JW Marriott in New York City, New York, on October 30, 2019.

White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined participating dignitaries including Vice President Dick Cheney, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, and Sporting Conservation Council's Bob Model

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

2007 Heroes of Conservation Awards Gala at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, with MSNBC commentator Tucker Carlson serving as host and Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the guest speakers. Awards were sponsored by Field and Stream Magazine and Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the Way Forward for the United States regarding Syria, at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University, in Stanford, California on January 17, 2018.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses a group of embassy personnel at U.S. Embassy Brussels as part of the first leg of his European trip in Belgium on December 5, 2017.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

George W. Bush speaking at Rotary Club, Portsmouth, NH in 2000

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Secretary Kerry delivers remarks at the "Our Ocean" Conference evening reception at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Sant Ocean Hall in Washington, D.C. on June 16, 2014.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the The Claremont Institute's 40th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills, California, on May 11, 2019.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the 2014 Transformational Trends Forum, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of State and Foreign Policy, in Washington, D.C., on November 17, 2014.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

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

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the The Claremont Institute's 40th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills, California, on May 11, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on "Unalienable Rights and the Securing of Freedom" at The National Constitution Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., on July 16, 2020.

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

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

2007 Heroes of Conservation Awards Gala at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, with MSNBC commentator Tucker Carlson serving as host and Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the guest speakers. Awards were sponsored by Field and Stream Magazine and Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

Paul Ryan

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined participating dignitaries including Vice President Dick Cheney, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, and Sporting Conservation Council's Bob Model

Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger delivers remarks with Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretaries of State Madeleine K. Albright, James A. Baker, III, Colin L. Powell, and Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on September 3, 2014.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was conducted in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida a few miles from the launch pad where Glenn and Scott Carpenter took flight in Mercury spacecraft.Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a dinner in honor of the Fortune/State Department Global Women�s Mentoring Partnership at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2015.

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

Former astronaut, and former Ohio Senator, John Glenn speaking during ceremony honoring 100 aviation heroes, part of the events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

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 Rex Tillerson participates in a Q&A session with George Mason University President, Angel Cabrera at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia on March 6, 2018.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

George W. Bush speaking at Presidential Youth Forum at Anselm College, NH, January 2000

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Former astronaut, and former Ohio Senator, John Glenn speaking during ceremony honoring 100 aviation heroes, part of the events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, honoree, speaking at the Living Legacy Awards event, recognizing contributions to Native American arts promotion, at Department of Interior headquarters, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in a Q&A session with George Mason University President , Angel Cabrera at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia on March 6, 2018.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Campaign rally in Ohio attended by Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney, 2004

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee�s 100th Anniversary Celebration at the National Women in the Arts Museum in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 2013.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Brigadier General Stephen Purdy, commander of Space Launch Delta 45, speaks at a ceremony honoring Kennedy Space Center Director Janet Petro with the Dr. Kurt H. Debus Award on June 24, 2022, at the Florida spaceports visitor complex. The National Space Club Florida Committee presented Petro with the prestigious award for her contributions to Americas aerospace efforts within the state of Florida. The award - originating in 1990 - is named after Kennedys first director.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks after being named Foreign Policy�s Diplomat of the Year at a dinner in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 2015.

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

Press conference after dinner meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, Switzerland March 6, 2009.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation helps celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 16's lunar landing, which occurred April 20, 1972, with a soiree at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Saturn V Center. Panel members who addressed the audience are, from left, astronaut support crew member for Apollo 16 Hank Hartsfield, Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 16 back-up crew member Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 13 Lunar Module Pilot and Apollo 16 back-up crew member Fred Haise, Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke, and Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot and Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell. The 11-day Apollo 16 mission featured three moonwalks, including a nearly 17-mile lunar rover road trip to collect more than 200 pounds of moon rocks to return to Earth.

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

NASA Apollo 11 Mission Commander and first man to set foot on the Moon, Neil Armstrong speaks at the Apollo 40th anniversary celebration held at the National Air and Space Museum, Monday, July 20, 2009 in Washington.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks to guests gathered for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's dinner at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 17.The gala commemorating the anniversary of Apollo 17 included mission commander Eugene Cernan and other astronauts who flew Apollo missions. Launched Dec. 7, 1972, Cernan and lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt landed in the moon's Taurus-Littrow highlands while command module pilot Ronald Evans remained in lunar orbit operating a scientific instrument module.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong addresses the audience at the 40th anniversary celebration of Apollo 16's lunar landing, which occurred April 20, 1972. The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation hosted the soiree at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Saturn V Center. The 11-day Apollo 16 mission featured three moonwalks, including a nearly 17-mile lunar rover road trip to collect more than 200 pounds of moon rocks to return to Earth.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Retired NASA astronauts participate in a panel discussion during the Apollo 11 50th Gala, presented by Northrop Grumman, on July 16, 2019. The gala was held inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. From left, are Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, and Apollo Flight Director Gerry Griffin.

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

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Apollo astronauts, from the left, David Scott, James McDivitt, Thomas Stafford, Buzz Aldrin, Eugene Cernan, Charles Duke, Richard Gordon, Fred Haise, Alan Bean and Edgar Mitchell speak to guests gathered for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's dinner at the Radisson Resort at the Port in Cape Canaveral celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 17.The gala commemorating the anniversary of Apollo 17 included mission commander Eugene Cernan and other astronauts who flew Apollo missions. Launched Dec. 7, 1972, Cernan and lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt landed in the moon's Taurus-Littrow highlands while command module pilot Ronald Evans remained in lunar orbit operating a scientific instrument module.

U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice delivers remarks at the 2011 Global Chiefs of Mission Conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 2, 2011.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the JINSA�s 36th Annual Awards Dinner, at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America in Washington D.C, October 10, 2018.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a video message to the closing ceremony of the World Press Freedom Day 2011 Global Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2011.

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a moderated conversation on the "Leadership Role of the U.S. in the World" with National Review Editor Rich Lowry at the 2019 NRI Summit in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2019.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin today (Feb.1) as part of his tour of the Western Hemisphere. In his speech at UT Austin, he outlined his policy priorities for the region and took questions from the audience.

White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined participating dignitaries including Vice President Dick Cheney, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, and Sporting Conservation Council's Bob Model

White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined participating dignitaries including Vice President Dick Cheney, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, and Sporting Conservation Council's Bob Model

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin appearing at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a public discussion event with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, in London, United Kingdom on January 30, 2020.

White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined participating dignitaries including Vice President Dick Cheney, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, and Sporting Conservation Council's Bob Model

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell shakes hands with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after being introduced during the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Spirit of Apollo event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Apollo 8 was humanity's first journey to another world, taking astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders to the Moon and back in December of 1968.

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

Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins among dignitaries attending the ceremony, at the Ted Weiss Federal Office Building in New York City, New York, marking the announcement of the designation of the 17th-18th Century African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan as a National Monument

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

University of Denver Chancellor Emeritus, and former Westinghouse Broadcasting chief, Daniel Ritchie speaking at National Park Foundation event at the Phipps Mansion in Denver, Colorado, honoring Junior Ranger Program providing hands-on learning opportunities for youth in National Parks

Seville, 02/28/2020. Medal Ceremony of Andalusia 2020. Curro Romero, favorite son of Andalusia. Photo: Raúl Doblado. Archsev.

Brian May, lead guitarist of the rock band Queen and astrophysicist discusses the upcoming New Horizons flyby of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is seen during a NASA town hall event, Thursday, May 17, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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

John Tribe, retired Apollo engineer, North American Rockwell, speaks during a ceremony renaming Kennedy Space Centers launch control center to the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center on Feb. 22, 2022. Petrone was instrumental in Americas first voyages to the Moon and headed the Apollo program. He died in 2006 at the age of 80.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in a Q&A session moderated by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Stanford University in Stanford, California on January 17, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participates in the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., on September 28, 2010.

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