Presidential Meetings and Discussions

Images from the Oval Office showing presidential meetings, discussions on economic policies, and moments of reflection, with a formal and serious atmosphere.

President Barack Obama looks out over the snow covered Rose Garden from the Oval Office, February 10, 2010.

President Barack Obama meets with Gov. Jim Douglas of Vermont about the economic recovery plan in the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2009. Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett is seated on the couch, while the press pool waits to enter.

President Barack Obama looks out over the snow covered Rose Garden from the Oval Office, February 10, 2010.

President Barack Obama shares a laugh with participants prior to an Affordable Care Act implementation meeting with Vice President Joe Biden in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sept. 22, 2014.

President Barack Obama greets delegation members before a multilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Prime Manmohan Singh, and South African President Jacob Zuma during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 18, 2009.

President Barack Obama confers with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 8, 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 in any way 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.

President Barack Obama practices with a golf club after the signing ceremony for H.R. 1243, the Arnold Palmer Congressional Gold Medal Act, in the Oval Office, Sept. 30, 2009.

President Barack Obama stretches to shake the hand of a little girl during a U.S. Embassy meet and greet at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila in Manila, Philippines, April 28, 2014.

President Barack Obama greets Members of Congress as he enters the House Chamber to deliver his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2011.

President Barack Obama meets with senior staff in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 9, 2011. Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett is seen at right.

Obama family at the swearing in ceremony during the Inauguration on January 20, 2009.

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President Barack Obama holds House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's granddaughter, following the Democratic National Committee dinner at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 15, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office, Jan. 21, 2014. Seated from second left are: Celeste Wallander, Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia; Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice; and Tony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor.

President Barack Obama greets a boy after speaking about strengthening America's education system, at the Wright Middle School in Madison, Wis., Nov. 4, 2009.

President Joe Biden talks with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Senior Director for Europe Amanda Sloat in the Oval Office of the White House Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, prior to talking on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Dec. 3, 2014 "The First Lady and I both spotted the President standing under the mistletoe and she moved in to grab a kiss from him following a dinner for Combatant Commanders and military leadership at Blair House in Washington, D.C."

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President Barack Obama waits with 2012 National Teacher of the Year, Rebecca Mieliwocki, 7th-grade English teacher at Luther Burbank High School, Burbank, Calif., and Education Secretary Arne Duncan in the Green Room of the White House before the start of a ceremony to honor the 2012 National and State Teachers of the Year in the East Room, April 24, 2012.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and USAID Administrator Samantha Power recognize Dulles Operation Allies Welcome staff, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 in the Oval Office of the White House.

President Barack Obama listens as a child whispers in his ear during Christmas dinner in the mess hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kailua, Hawaii, Dec. 25, 2010.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff smile before enjoying a State Luncheon in the Brazilian President's honor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2015.

President Barack Obama greets members of the audience following his remarks at the Oakley Lindsay Center in Quincy, Ill., April 28, 2010.

President Barack Obama watches the Vice Presidential debate aboard Air Force One with staff, en route home from Florida, Oct. 11, 2012.

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.

Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky; Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller; Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf; and New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith.

President Barack Obama walks with Burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi following their statements to the press at her home in Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 19, 2012.

President Bush visits a D.C. elementary school and comments on No Child Left Behind

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet guests at the Cinco de Mayo reception in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 5, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet staff and volunteers prior to a Thanksgiving service project at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 2013.

U.S. Senator Barack Obama is seen outside the West Wing of the White House

President Barack Obama enjoys a beer with Dakota Meyer on the patio outside of the Oval Office, Sept. 14, 2011. The President will present Meyer with the Medal of Honor tomorrow during a ceremony at the White House.

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Jeannette Greene left, Commanding Officer onboard USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30), greets members of Chicago’s Christmas Ship Committee on the mess deck while the cutter is moored in Chicago, Dec. 1, 2022. Members from the committee volunteer to help decorate the weather decks for the offload of 1200 Christmas trees.

Barack Obama campaigning through Iowa

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

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April 28, 2010 "Sometimes the unexpected happens. At a cafe in Missouri, I was trying to capture patrons snapping photos of each other with the President when this guy did what wise-guys do."

Dec. 15, 2011 "Interrupting a Christmas Holiday photo line, the President confers with Rob Nabors, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, about the latest developments in the payroll tax cut extension as the First Lady waits in the background."

President Barack Obama holds a G7 Leaders Meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine, at the Prime Minister's residence in The Hague, the Netherlands, March 24, 2014.

Commemoration, in Loy Henderson Auditorium, of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, featuring appearances by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford III, and United Nations Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, among others

Supporter Dressed as Donald Trump at Million MAGA March

Anefo photo collection. Prime Minister Joop Den Uyl speaks Lower House. 28, 1973. Hague, South Holland

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

Madrid, 02/23/2021. Institutional act on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the attempted coup d'état of 23F in the Congress of Deputies chaired by HM the King, Felipe VI. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

President Barack Obama talks with youth from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Oval Office, Nov. 20, 2014. The President invited them to the White House during his visit to their reservation in Cannon Ball, N.D. in June.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses new efforts across the U.S. government to support women's participation in peace and security, including plans to better protect women from conflict-related violence and promote women's leadership and perspectives in all aspects of conflict prevention, resolution, relief, and recovery, at Georgetown University on December 19, 2011.

Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks as NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Jasmin Moghbeli, Stephanie Wilson, and Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, right, look on prior to the screening of the movie Lightyear on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. The Vice President and Second Gentleman hosted an evening of NASA STEM activities at the Naval Observatory for military families and local STEM students and their families, including a special screening of Disney Pixars Lightyear.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plays with the two-year-old granddaughter of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Isabelle Dobbs-Higginson, before both officials signed the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, N.Y.

Madrid 12-22-2014 The President of the Government Mariano Rajoy meets in Moncloa with the President of Andalusia Susana Diaz .... Photo: Angel de Antonio ... ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren on June 5, 2016, before the start of a �mini-nadaam� � a display of music, dance, archery, wrestling, and horse-riding � at a field outside Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, following bilateral meetings with the Foreign Minister and Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Return of the manifestations against the Labour Law in Rennes ( 09/15/2016 ). Rentrée des manifestations contre la Loi Travail à Rennes (15/09/2016).

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021.

Couple relaxing on boat deck aboard a cruise ship.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a portrait � made of tiny colored stones, and commemorating the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam - after the two held a bilateral meeting at the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guesthouse in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 7, 2015.

President Barack Obama is greeted by students while touring the Wind Turbine Manufacturing and Fab Lab at Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio, Jan. 22, 2010.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier in Austin bei einem Treffen mit Gouverneur von Texas, Greg Abbott

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir return their cups after participating in a traditional welcoming coffee ceremony following the Secretary's arrival at Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on August 24, 2016, in advance of meetings with Saudi officials and regional leaders.

President Barack Obama talks with kids before departing the Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar, Senegal, June 28, 2013.

Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride's life partner and chair, board of directors of Sally Ride Science, is seen with President Barack Obama as she prepares to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of Dr. Ride, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 at the White House in Washington. Sally Ride, who was awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously, was the first American female astronaut to travel to space. As a role model to generations of young women, she advocated passionately for science education, stood up for racial and gender equality in the classroom, and taught students from every background that there are no limits to what they can accomplish. The Medal of Freedom is our Nations highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on American Leadership on Climate, in Annapolis, Maryland on April 19, 2021.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo poses for a photograph with the 148th Foreign Service Specialist Class at the Department of State August 10, 2018.

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A group of military spouses recite the Oath of Allegiance during their naturalization ceremony at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Feb. 13, 2024. The RAF Mildenhall Military & Family Readiness Center facilitated a naturalization ceremony through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration office based in Washington, D.C. for spouses. Air Force

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

Washington, DC, April 25, 2014: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC honors Dr. Kings national and international contributions and vision for all to enjoy a life of freedom, opportunity, and justice

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses new efforts across the U.S. government to support women's participation in peace and security, including plans to better protect women from conflict-related violence and promote women's leadership and perspectives in all aspects of conflict prevention, resolution, relief, and recovery, at Georgetown University on December 19, 2011.

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