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Figures in formal attire delivering speeches at various official events, emphasizing authority and serious discussion in professional settings.

John McCain gives a keynote address in Washington, DC.

Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks to the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference �One Team, One Mission, One Future�, at the Department of State, on January 16, 2019.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with President Bush

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, joined by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, addresses reporters on September 9, 2016, at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, after the United States and Russia agreed to work together to target terrorists in Syria and relieve humanitarian suffering in the war-ridden country.

Secretary State Nominee Rex Tillerson Testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 31, 2017

Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary responds to questions at a White House Press briefing.

White House Chief of Staff John Bolten and White House senior advisor Karl Rove walk into a press conference by President George W. Bush in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 11, 2006.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken joins the PBS NewsHour for a virtual interview with Judy Woodruff at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.

Senator John McCain at the Republican National Convention in New York, NY on August 30.2004.

Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner at a East Room meeting of Presidsent Obama and small business owners

Elliott Abrams. U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela provides remarks and takes questions from the media at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2019.

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

Edwardo Aguirre Jr. Commissioner of the Department of Immigration of the Homeland Security Department.

Official portrait of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont addresses U.S Secretary of State John Kerry on February 24, 2016, as he prepares to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Portrait of John Edwards, Democratic Presidential candidate.

Rep. John Garamendi 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.

Sen. John Boozman 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.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 21: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at a rally at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel on February 21, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

President Bush speaks to National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC

President Joe Biden delivers remarks to Air Force personnel and their families, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England.

Presidential Candidate Barack Obama appearing at early vote for change Presidential rally, October 29, 2008 at Halifax Mall, Government Complex in Raleigh, NC

Dick Cheney at a press conference on transition to the Bush administration--Wash, D.C. 11/27/00

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks on the COVID-19 National Month of Action on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine delivers remarks during the dedication ceremony for "Hidden Figures Way," Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The 300 block of E Street SW in front of the NASA Headquarters building was designated as "Hidden Figures Way" to honor Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and all women who have dedicated their lives to honorably serving their country, advancing equality, and contributing to the space program of the United States.

John Edwards Campaigning Through Iowa

GEORGE CLOONEY and SYDNEY POLLACK in MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007), directed by TONY GILROY.

Senator Scott Brown R (MA) talks to reporters in the hall of the US Senate after the passage of the tax cut legislation in the Senate.

France, Bruz on 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, former chief Brexit negotiator and presidential candidate, at the SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, at the Parc des Expositions in Rennes. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bruz le 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, ancien negociateur en chef du Brexit et candidat a l election presidentielle, au SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, au Parc des Expositions de Rennes. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Toledo, 04/29/2017. Interview with Francisco Vázquez, former mayor of La Coruña and former ambassador of the Vatican. Photo: Ana Pérez Herrera ARCHDC.

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

Former Vice President Al Gore testifies about global climate change on Capitol HIll

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton deliver a press announcement announcing an executive order on Human Rights Designations in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 29, 2010.

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

TOM HANKS in SULLY (2016), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

Mitt Romney campaigning through Iowa.

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.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers remarks at the 2022 Reagan National Defense Forum at the President Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, Calif., Dec. 3, 2022. (DoD photos by Chad J. McNeeley)

Perry campaigns in Iowa

Harry Stonecipher in August 1997

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

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

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at the "Face to Face with Our Future: A Day with Young Leaders" event, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reads aboard his plane after departing Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 29, 2018, during his first trip as Secretary of State. The Secretary traveled to Brussels, Belgium; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Tel Aviv Israel; and Amman, Jordan April 26 through 30, 2018. (

Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History and Director, Hayden Planetarium Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson testifies during a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Washington. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden testified at the same hearing prior to Tyson.

Meeting of Benoit Hamon in Rennes. Rennes, as part of its campaign for the 2017 presidential election, Benoit HAMON, candidate of the Socialist Party (PS) and Europe's Green Ecology (EELV), held a public meeting in the presence of its supporters Nathalie APPÉRÉ, Deputy mayor of Rennes, Emmanuel COUET, president of Rennes Métropole and Yannick Jadot. Benoît Hamon en meeting à Rennes. Rennes, dans le cadre de sa campagne pour l'élection présidentielle de 2017, Benoît HAMON, le candidat du Parti Socialiste ( PS ) et de Europe Ecologie Les Verts ( EELV ), a tenu une réunion publique en présence de ses soutiens Nathalie APPÉRÉ, députée maire de Rennes, Emmanuel COUET, président de Rennes Métropole et Yannick Jadot.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 21: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at a rally at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel on February 21, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

President Donald Trump announces his nomination federal appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, East Room of the White House, January 31, 2017. President Donald Trump, Judge Neil Gorsuch and Judge Neil Gorsuch's wife, Louise.

Judge John Roberts takes the oath before his testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee on his nomination to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on September 12,2005.

Presidential candidate Herman Cain speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 31, 2011.

Former Vice President Al Gore testifies about global climate change on Capitol HIll

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks during a ceremony at the Heroes and Legends exhibit at the center's visitor complex. The brief memorial honoring NASA astronaut John Young took place on the afternoon of Jan. 11, 2018. Young died Jan. 5, 2018, in Houston at the age of 87. He was the only astronaut to fly in NASA's Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs.

President George W. Bush delivers remarks on tax relief March 9, 2001 at Lafayette Regional Airport in Lafayette, LA. .

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, arrives on the red carpet at a screening of the film "Ad Astra" at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Pitt, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth.

Antony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America, taken at the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Oslo, 01.06.2023., Oslo, Norway, Europe

Detroit, Michigan, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous.

Detroit, Michigan, Julian Bond, chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is seen during a NASA town hall event, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Roland Burris takes the oath to become a United States Senator from Vice president Dick Cheney on January 15, 2009.

Canada Prime minister Mark Carney during the FIFA World Cup 2026 official draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 5, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Justice Clarence Thomas participates in the formal press photograph of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC on March 3,2006.

Madrid, 04/20/2016. King Felipe VI closes the Ceoe assembly. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

Chief Justice John Roberts participates in the formal press photograph of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, DC on March 3,2006.

Timothy Geithner, president, Federal Reserve Bank of New York answers a question from Chairman Barney Frank in Washington, DC on July 24, 2008.

Madrid, 02/21/2020. Appearance of Minister Manuel Castells, in the Science, Innovation and Universities Commission. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Jeff Bezos arrives at 'The Post' Washington, DC Premiere at The Newseum on December 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Credit: Erik Pendzich/Alamy Live News

Barcelona. 02/24/2014. Conference by Mark Zuckenberg, creator of Facebook. Photos Ines Baucells. Archdc.

Madrid, 01/04/2020. Investiture Plenary. In the Image, Santiago Abascal. Photo: Maya Balanya. Archdc.

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

Madrid, 05/19/2021. The Minister of Justice, Juan Carlos Campo, goes to the Justice commission in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and wife, Susan Pompeo, take part in a meet and greet with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Athens and U.S. Consulate General Thessaloniki, in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September 28, 2020.

Gingrich campaigns in Iowa

Richard Gere Addresses the Crowd at the Tibetan Freedom Torch Ceremony, March and Rally - San Francisco, California

KYLE CHANDLER in SUPER 8 (2011), directed by J.J ABRAMS.

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