Presidential Meetings and Contexts

Behind-the-scenes images of executive meetings, capturing interactions among leaders in formal settings, suggesting decision-making.

President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press after a meeting on the economic impact of infrastructure investment on states and local communities. The statement was made in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 11, 2010.

Oct. 9, 2009 Hours after learning he had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the President looked over his remarks in the Outer Oval Office that he was about to deliver to the press in the Rose Garden.”

President Barack Obama drops by a meeting with Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Red Cross, center, and representatives from the International Red Cross, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 29, 2012.

President Bush announces Mike McConnell to replace Negroponte as director of national intelligence

President Barack Obama talks with, from left, Tony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, and Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer in the Outer Oval Office before making a statement in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Aug. 18, 2014.

Nov. 25, 2014 "As a meeting in the Situation Room was about to break up, I focused on the Vice President's hand as he held up his briefing book and assorted folders."

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the press at the White House Filing Center in Singapore on June 11, 2018.

President Barack Obama meets with staff in the Oval Office before a statement to the press about the ongoing budget negotiations, April 5, 2011. Clockwise from the President are: Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau; Press Secretary Jay Carney; Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew; Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Rob Nabors; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Assistant to the President and Special Advisor Phil Schiliro; Director of Communications Dan Pfeiffer; and Senior Advisor David Plouffe.

President Barack Obama confers with Chief of Staff Bill Daley during a meeting with senior advisors in the Situation Room of the White House, July 8, 2011. Deputy Senior Advisor Stephanie Cutter is at left.

President Barack Obama is briefed in advance of his trip to the Republic of Korea during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, March 23, 2012.

President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press after a meeting on the economic impact of infrastructure investment on states and local communities. The statement was made in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 11, 2010.

A man in a suit refusing to be interviewed

Office of the Secretary - JCCT BILATERAL

President Barack Obama attends a meeting on tax cuts in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 15, 2010. Seated, from left, are Council of Economic Advisers Chair Austan Goolsbee, Vice President Joe Biden, interim Chief of Staff Pete Rouse, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mona Sutphen.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Secretary of State John Kerry to thank him for his work with the negotiations on the nuclear agreement with Iran, July 13, 2015. Listening in background, from left: Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice; Jeffrey Prescott, NSC Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the Gulf States; Avril Haines, Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism and Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.

President Barack Obama is helped by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas to move a couch in the Oval Office 2/2/09. Governor Douglas met with the President about the economic recovery plan. 2/2/09 Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

2008 Democratic candidates for President speak at the DNC winter meeting

President Barack Obama meets with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in the Oval Office, Sept. 22, 2014.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

President Bush and Condoleezza Rice meet with Saudi officials regarding the Middle East

Hispanic businessman standing at whiteboard

Office of the Secretary - PEC PRESS EVENT

President Barack Obama meets with advisors in the Oval Office, May 28, 2009. At right is Reggie Love, President Obama's personal aide.

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a bipartisan congressional meeting on investing in broadband in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

Members of the press pool wait for the start of the National Medal of Science and Medal of Technology and Innovation Ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 7, 2009.

Harry Reid voted Senate Majority Leader

President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room of the White House to discuss the U.S. response to the earthquake in Haiti, Jan. 13, 2010.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Speaker Series with Spike Lee , Environmental Protection Agency

President Barack Obama listens, during a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Situation Room of the White House, April 16, 2010.

President Barack Obama talks with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) following remarks to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), and small business owners regarding health insurance reform, in the South Court of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Oct. 29, 2009. Personal aide Reggie Love waits at left.

President Barack Obama meets with Presidential Innovation Fellows in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 25, 2013.

Senators work together on immigration reform

First Lady Michelle Obama drops by a Partnership for a Healthier America board meeting in the Map Room of the White House, March 6, 2013.

Office of the Deputy Secretary - DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMUEL BODMAN SIGNING CEREMONY WITH VIRGINIA APPLE GROWERS

President Barack Obama meets with Cabinet members on the domestic response to Ebola, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Oct.15, 2014. Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, participates via video teleconference.

Feb. 17, 2010 The Situation Room is a difficult room to work in because of its confined space. On this occasion, at the end of a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the informality of the many different conversations taking place made for an unusual photo.

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE PHOTOS WITH SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

Defense Innovation Board chair Michael R. Bloomberg speaks at the boards fall meeting, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr. Fuad Hussein, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRIP TO RUSSIA

April 19, 2013 "The President was about to make a statement in the White House Briefing Room and noticed the photographs hanging on the wall in the Press Office were crooked. So he took matters into his own hands, straightening the pictures as Press Assistant Marie Aberger watched. Deputy Press Secretary works in his office in the background."

2008 Democratic candidates for President speak at the DNC winter meeting

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Hawaii-based Department of State employees in Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 12, 2022.

President Barack Obama and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, right, are shown a display on the making of tequila at the Cabanas Cultural Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, August 10, 2009.

June 4, 2013 "Following their bilateral meeting, then President of Chile Sebastion Pinera asked the President if he could sit in his chair at the Resolute Desk."

Office of the Secretary - HOMELAND SECURITY EXPO

Handsome young African American businessman using a mobile phone while walking on a street

President Barack Obama fixes the tie of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, as they prepare for an announcement at the Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2009.

Bureau of Industry and Security - Confirmation Hearing for McCormick, Jackson, Ambassador Lavin and Israel Hernandez

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - ORGANIZATION ALL HANDS MEETING

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Jack and Jill of America On the Hill Summit , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs - Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor Geri Palast Farewell

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches as a waitress offers a custom beer to Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird as he arrives at the Union Oyster House in the Secretary's hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 31, 2015, for a working lunch with Mexican Foreign Secretary Jos� Antonio Meade amid the North American Ministerial meeting between their three countries focused on trilateral issues.

President Barack Obama holds a briefing meeting to discuss the H1N1 flu, including assistant to the President for Homeland Security, John Brennan, (center) in the Oval Office prior to a Homeland Security Council Meeting the Cabinet Room, May 1, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. This official White House photograph is being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken co-signs the presidential commissions for our new Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman, our new Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon, and other newly appointed officials at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2021.

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

Government ethics presentation at Main Interior, with introductions by officials including Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

President Barack Obama listens to a briefing on Hurricane Sandy at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, DC on October 28, 2012.

Vice President Kamala Harris participates in a virtual bilateral meeting with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Micheál Martin Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

The week of August 21, 2022, the State of Wyoming and the Wyoming National Guard hosted four Tunisian Dignitaries from the Ministry of Interior correlating to the fields of agriculture, civil protection, education, and tourism.

Jimmy Carter at his desk in the Oval Office circa 23 November 1977.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits at a desk at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016, before signing certificates and waivers to lift sanctions against Iran after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action outlining the shape of that country's nuclear program.

Office of the Secretary - ECONOMIC EVENT WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at work in his office, Main Interior

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Office of the Secretary - Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS Numbers Day Press Events at Department of Labor (DOL) with Secretary Elaine Chao

Condoleezza Rice confirmation hearing

President Barack Obama makes phone calls regarding the auto industry plan in the Oval Office, March 29, 2009.

Federal Trade Commission - Bench Photo

Bob Casey, Jr., participates in a phone bank in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Partners Awards Luncheon, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director H. Dale Hall, and FWS Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation Mamie Parker among the Interior officials participating

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks and administers the Oath of Office to the 150th Foreign Service Specialist Class, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 14, 2018.

President Barack Obama picks up his sub after meeting with five small business owners at Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J., July 28, 2010. The President visited Edison to discuss the economy and urge Congress to pass support for small businesses.

Senators Clinton, Schumer and Kennedy gather in support of raising minimum wage

Secretary Pompeo officiates the Swearing-In Ceremony for Ambassador James F. Jeffrey as Special Representative for Syria Engagement, at the Department of State on August 17, 2018.

Former US senator John Edwards visits the Hill District of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Kiron Skinner is sworn-in as Director of Policy Planning, at the Department of State, September 4, 2018.

Sanjay Banerjee, Director of the Pickle Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry around the center in Austin, Texas, before a clean energy roundtable discussion on April 27, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual town hall with State Department employees in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 13, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Press Conference Unions Training Grant

President Barack Obama signs a wall backstage before delivering remarks on immigration at the Copernicus Community Center in Chicago, Ill. Nov. 25, 2014.

Office of the Administrator - 20th Anniversary Celebration of Executive Order 12898 - Administrator Gina McCarthy presenting an Environmental Justice Pioneer Award to Congressman John R. Lewis , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Canadian Foreign Minister M�lanie Joly at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 12, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Embassy San Jose, in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 2, 2021.

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Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine walk to Bridenstine's office, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Announcement 2008

Bureau of Industry and Security - Swearing -In David McCormick

Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, with National Security Advisor Robert O�Brien and Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, delivers remarks at the Women's Global Development and Prosperity initiative virtual event on August 11, 2020, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at the 2021 International Women of Courage Awards virtual ceremony, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 2021.

Workers prepare the Rose Garden for a joint news conference with President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the White House on July 22, 2009.

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