Presidential Press Conferences

Images of a president addressing the nation, highlighting key moments in political history. The settings convey authority and the importance of the messages delivered.

Radio TV Address to the Nation on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 7:00PM. President John F. Kennedy delivers a radio and television address to the nation regarding the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C.

Jimmy Carter with Hafiz al-Asad President of Syria in Geneva, Switzerland circa 05/09/1977.

President William Jefferson Clinton(Exact Date Shot Unknown ). Country: Unknown

President Kennedy's first press conference broadcast live over TV and radio. Washington, DC, 1/25/61.

NIXON , RICHARD POLITICO ESTADOS UNIDOS PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA.

Actor John Travolta at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia State senator from 1963 to 1967.

Governor Bill Clinton and Senator Al Gore hold a press conference on the buscapade campaign tour of 1992 in Waco, Texas

President William J Clinton, seated at his desk in the Oval Office, Washington, DC, 1993.

Richard Milhouse Nixon (1913-1994) 37th President of the United States of America 1969-1974. The only President to resign from office.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with Director of Central Intelligence William Casey in The Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 12, 1983

Photograph of President Gerald Ford (1913-2006) watching Apollo Soyuz Test project crewmen as they orbited the Earth. Dated 1975

President Jimmy Carter in May 1979.

President Nixon after signing the 1969 tax reform bill. He was critical of Congress' failure to balance tax cuts with spending reduction. Dec. 30, 1969.

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia State senator from 1963 to 1967.

C.L.J. Van Lent (1922-2000), State Secretary for Defense from 1974-1977 and from 1977-1981.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivering State of the Union Address to Joint Session of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA, Warren K. Leffler, January 22, 1979

USA: James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter (1924 - ) was the 39th President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. Oil on canvas, Herbert E. Abrams, 1982

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressing Republican National Women's Conference, Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, U.S. National Park Service, March 6, 1956

Jimmy Carter speaking at a Brooklyn College campaign stop in New York. September 7, 1976. Photo by Thomas O'Halloran.

Steve Forbes addressing the New Hampshire Presidential Candidates Youth Forum, January 2000

President Richard Nixon in a press conference. He reacted to the nationwide anti-war protests of his Cambodian incursion, but Nixon offered to meet with representatives of 100,000 antiwar protesters who plan demonstrate in the Nation's Capital on May 9th. May 1, 1970.

President Nixon before his televised address about releasing the transcripts of White House tapes. May 1, 1974. . (BSLOC_2015_14_53)

Vice President Dan Quayle speaks to crew members during a visit aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Sergio Endrigo, Festival Di Sanremo 1968.

AJMAN - 1970: shows John F. Kennedy 1917-1963 AJMAN - CIRCA 1970: A stamp printed in Ajman shows John F. Kennedy 1917-1963, circa 1970 Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 4699521

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00 AM. Press Conference. President John F. Kennedy at the lectern, addressing members of the press; three unidentified photographers taking pictures behind the President. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Eisenhower speaking to Republican Women at the Hotel Statler. March 6, 1956. Large images of the 1956 Republican candidates are displayed at the election year event. - (BSLOC_2014_16_7)

Photograph of Clarence Kelley (1911ñ1997) Director of FBI 1973-1978. Dated 1978

Senator Edward Kennedy in June 1982

U.S. President Jimmy Carter during Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to the White House, Washington, D.C., USA, photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, April 5, 1977

U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaking to the nation on the space shuttle Challenger, Oval Office, White House, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 28, 1986

Walter Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller, stands on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. Heller holds a copy of the Economic Report of the President, transmitted to Congress in January of 1962.

meeting between Russian prime Minister Alexei Kosygin and US president Lyndon Johnson 1967

President Reagan in Oval Office 1985.

Warren Christopher (October 27, 1925 March 18, 2011) American lawyer, diplomat and politician. United States Secretary of State 1993 1997

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia State senator from 1963 to 1967.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00 AM. Press Conference. President John F. Kennedy at the lectern, addressing members of the press; unidentified man stands at left. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

Walter Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller, stands on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. Heller holds a copy of the Economic Report of the President, transmitted to Congress in January of 1962.

President George Bush speaks at the USS Arizona Memorial during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974.

President Ronald Reagan gives graduation address to the graduating class of Tuskegee University their friends and families during ceremonies held at the university. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Off To The Hospital -- President Ronald Reagan, holding a Superbowl mug and a teddy bear, gestures to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Friday afternoon. Reagan was enroute to Bethesda Naval Hospital for his first through colon examination since a cancerous tumor was removed seven months ago. January 17, 1936. (Photo by AP Laserphoto).

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908 - 1979) American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from December 1974 to January 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944-1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. A grandson of billionaire John D. Rockefeller and a member of the wealthy Rockefeller family, he was a noted art collector and served as administrator of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas "Tip" O'Neill (D-MA) and Senate Majority Leader Jim Wright (D-TX) before microphones, Washington, DC, 12/06/1976. (Photo by Marion S Trikosko/GG Vintage Images)

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Sandra Day O'Connor (born 1930) was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and served until 2006. She was the first female US Supreme Court Justice.

U.S. Senator from Indiana Birch Bayh at Podium during Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Warren K. Leffler, August 26, 1968

George H.W. Bush announcing his candidacy for President, his wife Barbara Bush, mother Dorothy Walker Bush and his children in Background, Thomas J. O'Halloran, May 1, 1979

Walter Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Walter W. Heller, stands on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. Mr. Heller holds a copy of the Economic Report of the President, transmitted to Congress in January of 1962.

Senator Ted Kennedy addresses crowd at the 1992 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York

Senator John McCain speaking at Presidential Youth Forum at Anselm College, NH, January 2000

Senator Edward Kennedy questions Clarence Thomas at his confirmation hearings to be a justice on the Supreme Court in September 1991

Secretary of State George Shultz expressing the announcement of a summit between Reagan and Gorbachev, October 1, 1986.

Anefo photo collection. Presidential elections America Program leader W.C. Brugsma in NTS studio. November 6, 1968. America, Hilversum

Anefo photo collection. R. Kennedy. Press conference on American embassy. 26 February 1962. The Hague, South Holland

FRANK BORMAN - ASTRONAUTA DE LA NASA - COMANDANTE DEL APOLO 8. BORMAN FRANK 1928/.

Senator Sam Erwin and Senator Howard Baker at the Senate Watergate Committee hearings.

Madeleine K. Albright before the Senate Foreign. Relations Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U.S. Representative to UN, she is holding Copy of UN Charter, Washington, D.C., USA, R. Michael Jenkins, January 23, 1993

Robert F. Kennedy, (1925-1968), American Statesman

President Carter at a news conference in the East Room of the White House

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 10:00 AM. Press Conference. President John F. Kennedy at the lectern, addressing members of the press. State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

President Gerald T Ford President of the USA 1974-77

Vice President Richard Nixon exits his plane during the 1956 election campaign. The chartered a United Air Line Corvair was named 'Vice President Nixon's GOP Congressional Special'.

Vice President Dick Cheney speaking at Wyoming announcement of donation by Laurance Rockefeller of 1,106 acres of JY Ranch land to the National Park System, to become part of Grand Teton National Park. Photograph was selected for use in Interior video on tenure of Secretary Gale Norton

Photograph of Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara (1916 ñ 2009) American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Dated 1966.

United States President Lyndon Johnson, at the White House, 1968

BRIDGES LLOYD in HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX (1993), directed by JIM ABRAHAMS.

Henry Wallace for President rally New York City, April 3, 1948. The Progressive Party Candidate threatened to draw liberal democrats away from President Harry Truman. He was endorsed by the leftist groups including the U.S. Communist Party. To Wallace's left is Congressman Vito Anthony Marcantonio. (BSLOC_2014_13_48)

Artwork: Portrait of Clifford L. Alexander Jr., Secretary of the Army, 1977-1981. Artist: Harrision E. Benton, Jr. Country: Unknown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Portrait of Lt. Gen. Forrest S. McCartney, KSC Center Director

Osama bin Mohammed bin Laden 1957 May 2, 2011 founder of al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets.

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