Presidential Moments

Images of a political figure in various formal settings, engaging with crowds and officials, marked by professionalism and leadership.

President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on June 30, 2014.

President Barack Obama participates in a town hall meeting on health care insurance reform at Gallatin Field in Belgrade, Mont., Aug. 14, 2009.

President Barack Obama chats with journalsits in a dining room located in the in the White House Navy Mess, May 21, 2009.

President Obama goes over notes in the Red Room of the White House prior to a live prime time press conference in the East Room, March 24, 2009.

President Barack Obama is welcomed to 10 Downing Street in London, Englad by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, April 1, 2009.

President Barack Obama waves to Members of Congress prior to addressing the Joint Session of the United States Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Feb. 24, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg before a dinner with Technology Business Leaders in Woodside, California, Feb. 17, 2011.

President of the United States Barack Obama delivers remarks at the 2016 Our Ocean Conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2016.

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for a Martha's Vineyard vacation on August 9, 2014.

Presidential candidate and Democratic front runner, Barack Obama, speaks at a record breaking political rally in Waterfront Park

President Barack Obama answers questions at a press briefing at the Pentagon on August 4, 2016

President Barack Obama after his Inaugural address at the swearing in ceremony during the Inauguration on January 20, 2009.

Barack Obama campaigning through Iowa.

President Obama speaks with Charles Gibson during a taping for a nationally televised town hall meeting on ABC in the East Room of the White House, June 24, 2009.

President Barack Obama during the welcoming ceremony at Bellevue Palace, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

President Barack Obama walks to the podium in the Rose Garden of the White House to deliver remarks on the Senate Finance Committee's vote to approve health insurance reform, Oct. 13, 2009.

President Barack Obama and David Cameron, M.P. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom hold a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 14, 2012.

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown talk following the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with Richard Verma, recently confirmed by the Senate as the next U.S. Ambassador to India, in the Oval Office, Dec. 11, 2014.

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk together, after dining with their wives at President Medvedev's dacha outside Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Cass Sunstein, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator, and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett on West Executive Avenue between the West Wing of the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, April 7, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet audience members following the President's remarks at the Belfast Waterfront Convention Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 17, 2013.

President Barack Obama attends a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 28, 2013.

President Barack Obama participates in an interview with YouTube and Google+ to discuss his State of the Union Address, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 30, 2012. The interview was held through a Google+ Hangout, making it the first completely virtual interview from the White House.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at a reception in the Oval Office with President Clinton, Senator Ted Kennedy ,VP Biden and other guests prior to signing of the Kennedy Service Act 4/21/09. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Barack Obama at a rally in Manassas, Virginia on the last night of the campaign, November 3rd, 2008.

President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden following a secure teleconference call on Libya in the Situation Room of the White House, April 5, 2011.

President Barack Obama is reflected in a mirror as he waits backstage before being introduced for remarks at a Latino Town Hall meeting on the H1N1 swine flu virus May 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 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 meets with John Podesta, Counselor to the President, in the Oval Office, Jan. 29, 2015.

President Barack Obama pauses during a moment of silence in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House at 8:46AM, Sept. 11, 2010, in remembrance of the time that the first plane hit the World Trade Center in 2001.

US Senator Barack Obama waving to crowd 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 speaks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Annual Alfalfa Dinner at the Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2009.

President Barack Obama takes part in a live radio interview with Michael Smerconish in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Aug. 20, 2009.

President Barack Obama fist-bumps Vice President Joe Biden, as Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett looks on, before a meeting in the Oval Office, Sept. 16, 2010.

President Barack Obama greets Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before their meeting outside the Oval Office on June 22, 2009. Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett is at left. Secretary Clinton broke her elbow last week and had surgery on Friday.

President Barack Obama looks out over the Rose Garden as he walks along the Colonnade of the White House, April 2, 2013.

Presidential Candidate Barack Obama smiles at early vote for change Presidential rally at Halifax Mall, Government Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 29, 2008

Dec. 14, 2012 The President reacts as John Brennan briefs him on the details of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The President later said during a TV interview that this was the worst day of his Presidency.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with former Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, after the President signed H.R. 3801, the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on.

Waxwork depicting Barack Obama. Barack Hussein Obama II (1961-) an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th president of the United States.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk with Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the Blue Room following the announcement that she is the President's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter, May 26, 2009.

President Barack Obama participates in the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 6, 2015, Washington DC

Vice President Joe Biden listens to President Barack Obama during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Feb. 2, 2015.

President Barack Obama in the State Dining Room following discussion with members of Congress about immigration reform, June 25, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, Aug. 26, 2014.

President Barack Obama and President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea walk on the Colonnade before a working lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House, May 7, 2013.

President Barack Obama talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel as they walk from the Oval Office to the South Lawn Drive of the White House, following their meetings, May 20, 2011.

President Barack Obama meets with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in the Oval Office, June 3, 2010.

President Barack Obama returns to the White House on February 26, 2016

President Barack Obama meets with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y. in the Oval Office, July 31, 2014. Kelly Ward, Executive Director of the DCCC, seated at right.

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'. Holds a roudtable interview with regional reporters at Cairo University Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama talks with Press Secretary Jay Carney in the Oval Office, Feb. 17, 2011.

President Obama talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron at Lancaster House in London. May 25, 2011. (BSLOC_2015_13_200)

President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper talk in the Oval Office, Sept. 16, 2009.

President Barack Obama returns to the White House from a Christmas vacation on December 27, 2012.

President Barack Obama walks on the Colonnade of the White House, Oct. 29, 2014.

President Barack Obama meets with Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., in the Oval Office, June 16, 2010.

President Barack Obama walks out to the Rose Garden from the Oval Office Oval, June 25, 2009.

President Barack Obama listens to Vice President Joe Biden before the start of the Presidential Daily Briefing. June 10, 2009. At right is Senior Advisor David Axelrod.

President Barack Obama jokes with Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Colin Powell following their meeting in the Oval Office, Dec. 1, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a reception to observe LGBT Pride Month.

Barack Obama at a rally in Manassas, Virginia on the last night of the campaign, November 3rd, 2008.

President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton embrace at the swearing in ceremony for President Barack Obama at the US Capitol on January 21, 2013.

President Barack Obama whistles as he walks along the Colonnade of the White House following a holiday reception, Dec. 14, 2010.

President Barack Obama looks out at the Australian landscape from Air Force One, Nov. 17, 2011. He was flying from Canberra to Darwin, Australia (BSLOC_2015_13_138)

President Barack Obama meets with former President George H. W. Bush in the Oval Office, Feb. 15, 2011.

President Barack Obama, joined by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, receives an enthusiastic welcome April 3, 2009, to Palais Rohan (Palace Rohan) in Strausbourg, France.

President Barack Obama talks with Bob Schieffer after a CBS Face the Nation interview in the Oval Office, Nov. 7, 2014.

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

President Barack Obama meets with California Democratic Members of Congress, from left, Rep. Anna Eshoo, Rep. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Zoe Lofgren aboard Air Force One en route to San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 12, 2015.

Presidential candidate and Democratic front runner, Barack Obama, speaks at a record breaking political rally in Waterfront Park

President Barack Obama meets with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the Oval Office, Feb. 4, 2009. Collins was one of three Republican Senators who voted for the stimulus bill.

President Barack Obama confers with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and others following a bilateral meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Nov. 15, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with staff in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House as he waits for the arrival of Marine One, Oct. 14, 2011. Talking with the President, from left, are: Amy Brundage, Assistant Press Secretary; Josh Earnest, Principal Deputy Press Secretary; Brian Deese, National Economic Council Deputy Director; and Press Secretary Jay Carney.

President Barack Obama speaks about the Afghan elections during a statement to the media on the South Drive of the White House, Aug. 21, 2009.

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in the welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace during his state visit to Tokyo, Japan, on April 24, 2014.

President Barack Obama talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Green Room of the White House prior to the signing ceremony for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Oct. 28, 2009.

President Barack Obama and former First Lady Nancy Reagan at the signing of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on June 2, 2009

President Barack Obama meets with Daniel Werfel, incoming Acting IRS Commissioner, in the Oval Office, May 17, 2013.

President Barack Obama meets with Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson in the Oval Office, May 21, 2014.

President Barack Obama greets Costa Rica President Oscar Arias during a reception at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 17, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Press Secretary Josh Earnest in the Oval Office, Feb. 3, 2015.

President Barack Obama greets a crowd of supporters upon arrival at Detroit Metro Airport on Air Force 1, Detroit, Michigan, USA, North America

President Barack Obama walks down the colonnade on the White House on April 18,2013.

President Barack Obama talks with interim Chief of Staff Pete Rouse in the Outer Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2010.

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President Barack Obama shows his BlackBerry to, from left, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, before a meeting with African Outreach Leaders at the G8 Summit in Muskoka, Canada, June 25, 2010.

President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office Monday, May 18, 2009.

President Barack Obama makes a statement during a meeting with present administration officials and former Secretaries of State and Defense in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on November 18, 2010.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2015.

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. IPhoto by Dennis Brack

Waxwork depicting Barack Obama. Barack Hussein Obama II (1961-) an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th president of the United States.

President Barack Obama prepares for an interview at the University of Miami in Miami, Fla., Oct. 11, 2012.

President Barack Obama meets with Paul David Bono” Hewson, lead singer of U2 and anti-poverty activist, to discuss development policy in the Oval Office, April 30, 2010.

President Barack Obama meets with Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Oval Office, May 4, 2011. (BSLOC_2015_3_214)

Barack Obama speaks at the University of Pittsburgh the night before the PA primary.

President Barack Obama wipes his face on a hot summer day as he makes a speech on a climate change at Georgetown University, DC, USA.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the 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 visits with Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis in the Green Room of the White House prior to a Greek Independence Day reception, March 25, 2011.

President Barack Obama stands in a doorway just off the House floor as he waits to enter the chamber to address the joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sept. 9, 2009. At left is Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer, and standing behind the President are Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

President Barack Obama meets with Paul Volcker, Chairman Economic Recovery Board, in the Oval Office of the White House

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