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Presidential Moments at the White House

Intimate and formal interactions in White House settings featuring affectionate displays and discussions among notable figures, showcasing rich interiors and diverse events.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden in the Blue Room of the White House before the National Governors Association Dinner, Feb. 24, 2013.

President Bush welcomes Chinese President Hu Jintao

Condoleezza Rice confirmation hearing

President Bush delivers the state of the union

Event honoring the Washington National Opera in the Benjamin Franklin Room, with appearances by Secretary Condoleezza Rice and other Department officials

President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" look while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams in the Oval Office, Nov. 15, 2012. Steve Penny, USA Gymnastics President, and Savannah Vinsant laugh at left.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with parents Sirdeaner Walker and Kirk Smalley in the Blue Room of the White House before the start of the Conference on Bullying Prevention, March 10, 2011.

Obama Family photo in the White House Rose Garden, Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015. L-R: Malia, First Lady Michelle, the President, and Sasha with dogs Sunny and Bo. (BSLOC_2015_13_139)

President Joe Biden joined by First Lady Jill Biden, salutes a U.S. Marine as they prepare to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, March 12, 2021, to begin their trip to Delaware.

President Barack Obama chats with Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, right, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at the APEC leaders dinner in Singapore, Nov. 14, 2009.

Condi Rice, Robert Gates and Peter Pace speak to the media

First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Prince Harry at Kensington Palace in London, June 16, 2015. They discusses the 'Let Girls Learn' program, U.S. government initiative to ensure adolescent girls world wide have access to education. (BSLOC_2015_13_196)

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 6,2015, Washington DC

President Barack Obama presents cupcakes with a candle to Hearst White House columnist Helen Thomas in honor of her birthday in the James Brady Briefing Room, August 4, 2009. Thomas, who turned 89 , shares the same birthday as Obama, who turne 48 years old.

Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff attend Presi

First Lady Michelle Obama greets guests in the Grand Foyer of the White House during a holiday party, Dec. 15, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama meet with the Crown Prince and Princess of the Netherlands in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with H.E. Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama hosts a Town Hall in the East Room of the White House as part of his Forum with Young African Leaders in Washington, D.C., on August 3, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama escorts Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, the wife of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, at the conclusion of the State Arrival ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 24, 2009.

WASHINGTON D.C. - First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2011 Military Child of the Year ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington D.C. April 7, 2011. Margaret Rochon, of Jacksonville, Fla., is the Coast Guard's 2011 recipient.

President Joe Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, after delivering remarks on the CDCs updated guidance on mask wearing for vaccinated individuals Thursday, May 13, 2021, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

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 accepts 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.

President George W. Bush stands with Keela Carr, a 35-year-old fitness and athletic trainer from Orlando, shortly after his arrival in the Florida city Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Ms. Carr was recognized by the U.S. Army's Freedom Team Salute Program and named its 500th Volunteer Ambassador. The Freedom Team Salute is a U.S. Army progam that recognizes citizens for supporting Army veterans. White House

President Barack Obama talks on the phone while Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro confers with Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 18, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait backstage before being introduced at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2011. Press Lead Advance Brandon Lepow and Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, right, stand with the President and First Lady.

President Barack Obama talks with Betty White in the Oval Office, June 11, 2012.

President Barack Obama makes a speech to Ghanian Parliament at the International Conference Center in Accra, Ghana, July 11, 2009.

Meeting with Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 4:33PM. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy walks with Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, through the Rose Garden of the White House. Left to right: Minister of the Imperial Court of Ethiopia, Tafarra-Worq Kidane-Wold; Emperor Selassie; Caroline Kennedy; U.S. State Department Protocol officer, Jay Rutherfurd (behind); Mrs. Kennedy; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. The Emperor presented as gifts to the Kennedy family a leopard coat and gold filigree jewelry case for the First Lady and carved ivory figurines for Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr. Washington, D.C.

Vice President Biden and Sasha Obama at the swearing in ceremony during the Inauguration on January 20, 2009.

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

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right; and First Lady Michelle Obama, left; pose for a photo with 2012 International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award Winner Zin Mar Aung of Burma, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama honors 2014 International Women of Courage Awardee Laxmi, a Campaigner for Stop Acid Attacks in India, at the 2014 Secretary of State�s International Women of Courage Award Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with students from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Tisch College on September 24, 2016, at Gifford House on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Mass., before a meeting with the Quintet ministers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet guests at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks against the United States, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.

France, Paris on 10/09/2021. Portrait of Elisabeth Moreno, Minister for Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, at the Hotel du Petit Monaco. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Paris le 10/09/2021. Portrait de Elisabeth Moreno, Ministre deleguee chargee de lEgalite entre les femmes et les hommes, de la Diversite et de lEgalite des chances, a l Hotel du Petit Monaco. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

First Lady Michelle Obama reacts while talking on the phone to children across the country as part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program. Mrs. Obama answered phone calls from Kailua, Hawaii, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2015.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2021.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Dr. Jill Biden wait in the Green Room of the White House before the East Room event to launch the First Lady's and Dr. Bidens Joining Forces national initiative to support and honor Americas service members and their families, April 12, 2010.

President Barack Obama greets former foot soldier Amelia Boynton Robinson, 103 years old, backstage before an event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., March 7, 2015.

President Barack Obama presents the 2010 National Medal of Arts award to Sonny Rollins in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2011.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confers with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama prior to a reception in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and his wife, Mrs Gursharan Kaur, Nov. 24, 2009.

Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell in the Rose Garden of the White House during the remarks by President GW Bush and Anders Foghrasmussen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Reportage: President Barack Obama speaks at a White House event honoring U.S. athletes from the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2014. Pictured with Obama are Julie Chu and (far right) Jon Lujan.

President and the First Lady host the Kennedy Center Honorees Reception in the East Room. 37th Kennedy Center Honorees: Al Green, Tom Hanks, Patricia McBride, Sting, Lily Tomlin. photo by

First Lady Michelle Obama is interviewed during a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, N.Y., March 19, 2012.

President Barack Obama offers a toast during the state dinner hosted by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Istana Negara State Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 9, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs. Gursharan Kaur at the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi, India, Nov. 7, 2010. They are seated with, counterclockwise from the President: Prime Minister Singh, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Mrs. Kaur, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.

Rosa Parks receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton, Sept. 14, 1996. The African American NAACP activist ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Dec. 1, 1955, by refusing to give her seat in the Negro section of the bus, to standing white passenger (BSLOC_2020_2_87)

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and the Easter bunny participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 6,2015, Washington DC

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Indian Minister of External Affairs Shushma Swaraj on August 30, 2016, after he arrived at the Jawarhalal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi, India, for a bilateral meeting preceding their joint participation in a U.S.-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hands the ceremonial gavel to John Boehner (R-OH) during the swearing in of the 112 Congress on January 5, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Jennifer Lopez pose for a selfie before the 85th Annual League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Convention and Exposition in New York, N.Y., July 10, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet guests on the tarmac at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod in Sandwich, Mass. prior to departure en route to Washington, D.C., Aug. 24, 2014.

President Barack Obama is greeted by Bill Russell during a stop to view the statue of Russell at City Hall Plaza in Boston, Mass., Oct. 30, 2013.

First Lady Melania Trump presents the 2017 International Women of Courage Award to Veronica Simogun of Papua New Guinea during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2017.

President Barack Obama talks with Ernie Banks, 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, in the Blue Room the White House, Nov. 20, 2013.

President Barack Obama greets 109-year-old Emma Primas of Houston, Texas, prior to the Easter Prayer Breakfast in the East Room of the White House, April 7, 2015.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, joins in a group portrait with the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., Alveda King, far left, Father Frank Pavone, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr's brother, Mrs. Naomi Barber King, Dr. Cameron Alexander, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Bernice A. King, Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta, Dr. Christine King Farris, Martin Luther King, Jr's sister, and Ms. Raj Razdan shortly after the 44th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Service on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Space Force Brig. Gen. Jacob Middleton has his new rank pinned on during his promotion at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 4, 2023. Middleton is the director of national security space policy for the National Space Council.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to San Gorgonio High School in San Bernardino, California, where the Secretary, a San Gorgonio alumnus, delivered the keynote address at the commencement ceremony, and posed with graduates and families

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets children of embassy workers during meet and greet at U.S. Embassy Riyadh in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 24, 2016.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance during the Commander in Chief's Ball in downtown Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration.

First Lady Michelle Obama joins children for a group photo during a visit to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2014.

Stacks of the official portraits of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are seen at the Government Printing Office Thursday, May 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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