Presidential Moments

Images capturing moments in an official setting, including meetings and reflections of a president, conveying a formal and professional atmosphere.

President Barack Obama talks with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett before the start of a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Feb. 7, 2012.

President Barack Obama tosses a soccer ball after meeting with 2008 MLS Cup Champions the Columbus Crew in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday, July 13, 2009.

April 22, 2013 "The President pauses for a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings."

President Barack Obama talks with Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer following a meeting in the Oval Office, March 4, 2013.

President Barack Obama talks with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett before the start of a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Feb. 7, 2012.

Brian Mosteller, Director of Oval Office Operations, looks out a window as Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter talk with Cecilia Muñoz, Domestic Policy Council Director, in the Oval Office, Feb. 17, 2015.

President Barack Obama listens to Valerie Jarrett during a meeting with senior staff in the Oval Office, Aug. 13, 2009. From left; White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Jarrett, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Assistant to the President Mona Sutphen. Seated at far right is Alyssa Mastromonaco, Director of Scheduling.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden participate in a "Let's Move!" video taping on the Colonnade of the White House, Feb. 21, 2014.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing budget negotiations on a funding bill, April 7, 2011.

President Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry as he walks along the Colonnade to the Oval Office, March 18, 2010.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 2021.

June 9, 2015 "After a group photograph with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Space Shuttle Columbia alumni, the President helped some of the participants move a sofa back in place in the Oval Office."

President Barack Obama greets the players and leadership of Sporting Kansas City prior to an event to welcome the team and honor their victory in the 2013 MLS Cup Championship, in the Blue Room of the White House, Oct. 1, 2014.

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

President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office while National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Counsel to the President Bob Bauer, right, confer in the Outer Oval Office, Jan. 5, 2011.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with staff and families of U.S. Embassy Suriname, in Paramaribo, Suriname on September 17, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Embassy Dushanbe Charge de Affairs Leslie Hayden, addresses Embassy staff and family members at the Sheraton Hotel in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, following meetings with Tajikistan President Emomail Rahmon and Foreign Minister Sirodjiddin Muhriddinovich Aslov on November 3, 2015.

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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo hosts the swearing-in ceremony for John Cotton Richmond as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2018.

President Barack Obama greets Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas, left, and New Hampshire Governor John Lynch upon arrival at Manchester Airport in Manchester, N.H., Nov. 22, 2011.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama smiles in front of Secret Service agent while greeting members of the crowd following the la

President Barack Obama and Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro, right, talk with others in the Red Room following a reception for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the White House, August 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama greets HUD staff following remarks at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates remotely in the Sunday morning talk shows from Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by White House Science Adviser John Holdren, left, Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D-MD) and middle school children, talks on the phone from the Roosevelt Room of the White House to astronauts on the International Space Station, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 in Washington.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Passover Seder Dinner for family, staff and friends, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, March 25, 2013.

President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Mexicos President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, nimmt Teil am Treffen der G7- Aussenministerinnen und Aussenminister in Tokyo, Japan. Hier nach dem Familienfoto, rechts der amerikanische Aussenminister Antony Blinken

President Barack Obama drops by a reception celebrating the signing of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act, and the Korea, Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Oct. 21, 2011.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Ambassador Susan Rice, and Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni clap their hands following a toast to the U.S.-Italy relationship at a State Luncheon in honor of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 18, 2016.

Oct. 23, 2015 "Afternoon autumn light bathes the President as he works at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office."

President Barack Obama talks with Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education, in the Oval Office, March 28, 2011.

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Dr. Jill Biden visit with Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter, U.S. Army, and family in the Blue Room prior to the Medal of Honor ceremony honoring Carter in the East Room of the White House, Aug. 26, 2013. The President holds Carter's daughter Sehara.

Presentation of the American Legion Merchant Marine Achievement Award, 12:03PM. President John F. Kennedy presents Solon B. Turman (far right) with the American Legion Merchant Marine Achievement Award. Also pictured: Representative Thor C. Tollefson of Washington (on far left edge of image); Senator John Marshall Butler of Maryland (left of President Kennedy); Manager of the Ocean Tanker Department of the American Oil Company, Thomas M. McQuilling (right of the President, partially hidden); Thomas A. McQuilling (son of Commander of the Robert L. Hague Merchant Marine Industries Post No. 1242, James A. McQuilling). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looking at stars where founder was gunned down in Dhaka, Bangladesh, before a bilateral meeting on August 29, 2016.

Visit of the Panel on Mental Retardation, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (far left); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (third from left); President Kennedy; Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama hugs retiring White House Butler James Ramsey, as First Lady Michelle Obama looks on, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Jan. 25, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pause during a memorial service for the victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. Fire Chaplain Jimmy Duncan stands with the President and Mrs. Obama.

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President Barack Obama recognizes Natoma Canfield, right, during a statement on the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House, May 10, 2013.

Visit of members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, 10:00AM. President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) delivers remarks to members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Notes: Please see the President's schedule for a complete list of attendees.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter walk with their Australian counterparts - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defense Minister Marise Payne - before posing for a group photo on October 13, 2015, at the Boston Public Library in Boston, Massachusetts, before their annual AUSMIN diplomatic and defense meetings.

President Barack Obama walks down the Colonnade at the White House with his arms around his daughters, Malia and Sasha, March 5, 2009.

Senior adult man dancing with his wife as he looks at his young grandchildren dancing while listening to an accordion in a room.

Staff and interns gather on the South Lawn of the White House to watch President Barack Obama's Marine One departure en route to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Oct. 21, 2009.

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

President Barack Obama greets a woman in the audience after speaking at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with senior Iraqi government officials and civil society leaders, who are participating in a U.S. program to support Iraqi widows and female heads of household, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2013.

Feb. 1, 2012 "Lawrence Jackson captured this cute photograph of the President holding Arianna Holmes, 3, before taking a departure photo with members of her family in the Oval Office."

President Barack Obama awards former Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 11, 2013. At left, Romesha's wife Tammy holds their two-year-old son, Colin.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leads European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende up a set of stairs to his U.S. Air Force jet as they prepare to join him on the flight from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Ministerial Council meeting in Basel, Switzerland, to the London Conference on Afghanistan in London, U.K., on December 4, 2014.

Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, President Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and others watch the overtime shootout of the Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich Champions League final, in the Laurel Cabin conference room during the G8 Summit at Camp David, Md., May 19, 2012.

Vice President Goerge Bush shakes hands with former hostage CPT Paul M. Needham to welcome him home after his release from Iran. Behind the Vice President are his wife Mrs. Bush and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil..

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden pose with the full Cabinet for an official group photo in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 10, 2009. Seated from left: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. Standing second row, from left: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Back row, from left: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Housing and Urban De

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, during his visit to Mexico, hugs Ana Elena Tappan Alvarado in recognition of the 42 years she and Arturo Montano Robles, background, have spent working at U.S. Embassy Mexico City, May 21, 2014.

Ambassador Stephen D. Mull makes remarks during his flag ceremony at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2018.

President Barack Obama talks with patrons as he waits for his lunch order during a stop at Skyline Chili in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2012.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden congratulates Launch Director Michael Leinbach, facing camera, in Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center (LCC) shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis, STS-135, launched on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis, STS-135, is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, in Jerusalem, Israel on November 18, 2020.

Inaugural parade, President and Mrs. Clinton in the reviewing stand enjoying the parade. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

June 8, 2015 "We were at the G7 Summit in Krün, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the leaders and outreach guests to make their way to a bench for a group photograph. The President happened to sit down first, followed closely by the Chancellor. I only had time to make a couple of frames before the background was cluttered with other people."

Meeting with doctors regarding medical care for the aged, 12:05PM. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) speaks to the press during a meeting with doctors regarding medical care for the aged. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff stands left of President Kennedy. Doctors present include: Dr. Robert H. Alway, Dr. George Baehr, Dr. David Barr, Dr. Walter Bauer, Dr. Leona Baumgartner, Dr. E. Michael Bluestone, Dr. Katherine Boucot, Dr. Thomas Brem, Dr. DeWitt T. Burton, Dr. Martin Cherkasky, Dr. Robert E. Cooke, Dr. Edward P. Crump, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Dr. James P. Dixon, Jr., Dr. Warren Fales Draper, Dr. Benedict J. Duffy, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Dr. Sven M. Gunderson, Dr. Thomas Hunter, Dr. R. Frank Jones, Dr. Arthur Kornberg, Dr. Lawrence S. Kubie, Dr. Phillip R. Lee, Dr. Irving M. London, Dr. J. Howard Means, Dr. Daniel R. Mishell, Dr. Frederick D. Mott, Dr. George Reader, Dr. Dickinson W. Richards, Jr., Dr. David E. Rogers, Dr. David Rutstein, Dr. E

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier im Kapitol auf dem Weg zu einem Treffen mit dem Minderheitsfuehrer des Senats der Vereinigten Staaten, Mitch McConnell

President Barack Obama looks at a selfie taken with restaurant staff at Charmingtons cafe in North Baltimore, Md., Jan. 15, 2015.

Visit of Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett to Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, where she joined First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Mesa Verde Superintendent Larry Wiese, and other dignitaries for speeches, tours marking the Park's 100th anniversary

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet greet the children of staff members at U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires on August 4, 2016, following a meet-and-greet at Bosch Palace, the U.S. Ambassador�s Residence.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches the memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing during a break in budget testimony on Capitol Hill, April 18, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi address reporters after a meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 14, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Kuwait, in Kuwait City, Kuwait on July 29, 2021.

Trip to West Virginia: Arrival at Kanawha Airport and motorcade, Charleston, 11:15AM. President John F. Kennedy visits with Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron, and his wife, Opal Wilcox Barron, upon his arrival at Kanawha Airport in Charleston, West Virginia. Left to right: White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (far left, in background); unidentified man (holding umbrella); President Kennedy; Governor Barron; Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia (partially hidden behind the Governor); Mrs. Barron; Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); unidentified West Virginia State Police officer.

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