Presidential Meetings and Events

Candid moments featuring a president in meetings and events, emphasizing leadership and diplomacy within formal settings.

President Barack Obama waves to media after he meets with House Republicans in the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2009.

Feb. 9, 2010 During a spirited bi-partisan Congressional leadership meeting, both the President and House Minority Leader (soon to be Speaker of the House) John Boehner speak at the same time.

President Barack Obama talks by phone with Loni Swain of WGCI in Chicago, during a radio interview in the Oval Office, Nov. 2, 2010.

President Barack Obama views a replica of the Oval Office at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, April 10, 2014.

President Barack Obama waits to greet arriving foreign ambassadors in the Oval Office, May 20, 2009.

President Barack Obama walks on the Colonnade of the White House, March 17, 2011, after making a Rose Garden statement about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Senator Barack Obama at a political rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.

President Barack Obama stands as he prepares to leave an outreach meeting in the Roosevelt Room, May 20, 2009.

President Barack Obama waves to media after he meets with House Republicans in the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2009.

President Barack Obama dances with First Lady Michelle Obama in the Blue Room of the White House prior to an "In Performance at the White House" series concert honoring songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, May 9, 2012. During the concert the President presented Bacharach and Eunice David, on behalf of her husband, with the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

President Barack Obama grins during a morning meeting with Senior Staff in the Oval Office, June 8, 2009.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the climate agreement in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 12, 2015.

President Barack Obama prepares to record the weekly video address in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Oct. 9, 2009.

President Barack Obama gestures during a conference call on health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 5, 2010.

President Barack Obama makes an announcement on NATO and Libya in the East Room of the White House on March 18, 2011.

President Barack Obama during the playing of the national anthem at a Naturalization Ceremony in the East Room of the White House Friday, May 1, 2009.

President Barack Obama fields questions about the IRS situation and other developments at a press conference in the Rose Garden with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Barack Obama attends an economic meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 24, 2009.

President Barack Obama is framed by Rahm Emanuel's arm during a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Sept. 18, 2009.

President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 27, 2011.

President Barack Obama listens to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during a meeting on infrastructure investment, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 11, 2010.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks in observance of World AIDS Day.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon on 9-11-16

President Barack Obama listens during a meeting with his staff in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Dec. 22, 2010.

President Barack Obama listens to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, July 22, 2010. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is seen in the background.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the completion of the review of how the United States Government responds to overseas hostage cases in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 24, 2015. Photo by Dennis Brack

President Barack Obama makes an announcement on NATO and Libya in the East Room of the White House on March 18, 2011.

June 20, 2014. President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand in the Oval Office.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden listen to Senior Staff at the daily economic briefing in the Oval Office, June 9, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks to the press about his tax compromise as he meets with President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland in the Oval Office on November 8, 2010.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the climate agreement in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 12, 2015.

President Barack Obama attends the Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 2015

Senator Barack Obama at a political rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.

President Obama reflects during an economic meeting with advisors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 15, 2009. He is seated between Senior Advisor David Axelrod, left, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies tea in the Blue Room of the White House, Jan. 21, 2013.

President Barack Obama talks with performer Justin Timberlake in the Blue Room prior to the In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul” concert in the East Room of the White House, April 9, 2013.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the climate agreement in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 12, 2015.

President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University in Cairo, Thursday, June 4, 2009. In his speech, President Obama called for a 'new beginning between the United States and Muslims', declaring that 'this cycle of suspicion and discord must end'. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy

President Barack Obama gestures during a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, Aug. 27, 2014.

President Barack Obama updates the American people on the situation in Libya. President Obama is speaking at the National Defense University in Washington, DC on March 28, 2011.

President Barack Obama at a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room on December 19, 2014

President Barack Obama waves as he departs the White House for a campaign stop in New Hampshire and New York On October 18, 2012

Presidential candidate and Democratic front runner, Barack Obama, pauses while speaking in front of huge crowd of people at a re

President Barack Obama reflects during a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Jan. 25, 2010.

President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, right, following their bilateral meeting at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 25, 2012.

President Barack Obama listens to remarks as he waits to go on stage to discuss education issues at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gathering Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in Washington at the Washington Marriott Metro Center's Grand Ballroom.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia in the Oval Office, March 26, 2010.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Health Care Summit in the East Room of the White House, March 5, 2009.

President Barack Obama closes his eyes before he tapes his weekly Radio Address in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 2, 2009.

Barack Obama poses for a portrait, College Park, Maryland.

President Barack Obama returns to the White House from a trip to Jacksonville, Florida, on July 25, 2013.

Reportage: President Barack Obama laughs at a White House event honoring U.S. athletes from the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2014.

President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel during a phone call in the Oval Office, June 25, 2009

President Barack Obama talks with Jon Favreau, Director of Speechwriting, in the Oval Office, Jan. 23, 2012.

As television news reporters finish their introductions, President Barack Obama walks into the White House briefing room make a statement on July 31, 2014 photo by

President Obama welcomes Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) to the Oval Office, Jan. 30, 2009.

President Barack Obama fields questions about the IRS situation and other developments at a press conference in the Rose Garden with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk in the Oval Office, prior to a House Democratic leadership meeting, July 14, 2010.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the Affordable Health Care and takes questions from reporters in the White House press briefing room on November 14, 2013.

President Barack Obama listens to a question at a town hall meeting at Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. on July 29, 2009.

President Barack Obama speaks about credit-card reform during a town hall style meeting in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, May 14, 2009.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks and takes questions from the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 22, 2016.

President Barack Obama salutes at Andrews Air Force Base before departing for Columbus, Ohio, March 6, 2009.

President Barack Obama listens to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the Oval Office, Sept. 29. 2011.

President Barack Obama meets with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office, Oct. 8, 2009.

President Barack Obama makes a statement at the daily briefing in the White House briefing room on August 1, 2014.

President Barack Obama attends a communications planning meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, July 6, 2010.

President Barack Obama attends the Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 2015

President Barack Obama talks with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan during a phone call from the Oval Office, Nov. 2, 2009.

President Barack Obama sits on the edge of the Resolute Desk during a meeting in the Oval Office, Dec. 19, 2012.

President Barack Obama delivers 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.

President Barack Obama speaks holds a roudtable interview with regional reporters at Cairo University in Cairo, Thursday, June 4, 2009. I Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama makes an announcement on Sequestration in the White House Press Briefing Room on February 5, 2013.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the Democratic National Committee reception at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 15, 2009.

President Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question about the results of the Lakers basketball game as he walks to Marine One to travel to Egypt for the first leg of his Middle east and European trip.

President Barack Obama, Tom Nee, President of the National Association of Police Organizations, (obscured) Attorney General Eric Holder and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office before speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House at an event honoring the National Association of Police Organization's Top Cops May 12, 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.

President Barack Obama waves goodbye to President François Hollande of France outside the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Feb. 11, 2014.

President Barack Obama with Vice President Biden walks to the Rose Garden before he delivers a statement on today's Affordable Care Act ruling from the Supreme Court in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 25, 2015.

Senator Barack Obama in Albuquerque, N.M.

President Barack Obama looks through a telescope during the Astronomy Night event on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 7, 2009.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Apollo Theater in New York, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2012.

President Barack Obama makes a phone call from the Oval Office, June 25, 2009

President Barack Obama talks by phone with U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks in the Oval Office following their lunch, Nov. 29, 2012.

President Barack Obama delivers a health care address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2009.

President Barack Obama at a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room on December 19, 2014

President Barack Obama participates in an education town hall hosted by Univision Bell Multicultural High School, Washington, DC. On left, moderator Jorge Ramos.

President Barack Obama waits for his introduction during the Democratic National Committee dinner at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 15, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough in the Oval Office, Jan. 6, 2014.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in the Oval Office, Jan. 27, 2010.

President Barack Obama makes a statement at the daily briefing in the White House briefing room on August 1, 2014.

President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., in the Grand Foyer of the White House following a meeting with the Republican House Conference, June 1, 2011.

President Barack Obama receives an economic briefing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sept. 2, 2010.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden laugh together in the Oval Office, 1/22/09. .

President Barack Obama speaks to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC on April 27, 2009.

President Barack Obama walks from the Oval Office to Marine One to board and travel to a campaign event on September 20.2012.

US Senator Barack Obama speaking from podium at Early Vote for Change Presidential rally, October 25, 2008 at Bonanza High School, Judy K. Cameron Stadium in Las Vegas, NV

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet guests at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender reception in the East Room of the White House, June 29, 2009.

President Barack Obama, right, announces that he will send U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, to Burma, during the ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on November 18, 2011.

Senator Barack Obama in Albuquerque, N.M.

President Barack Obama looks out a window in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2010.

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