Presidential Press Events

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President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama greets audience members at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 37th Annual Awards Gala dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2014.

President Barack Obama attends the G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009.

President Barack Obama and the First Lady in pray at the Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 2015.

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a brief press conference in the East Room of the White House on February 13, 2017

21 February 2016: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to several thousand supporters at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, Asia

President elect Barack Obama to name Dennis Blair as Director National Intelligence and Leon Panetta as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC on January 9, 2009.

President Barack Obama greets Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill, right, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, and Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., following his State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2011.

US Senator Barack Obama taking the stage at Change We Need Presidential rally, October 30, 2008 at Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, VA

President Barack Obama leaves the podium after a prime time press conference in the East Room of the White House, April 29, 2009.

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a brief press conference in the East Room of the White House on February 13, 2017

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the START treaty in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House, March 26, 2010. He is joined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Admiral Mike Mullen.

Early in the morning on Jan. 21st, President Barack Obama rides the elevator to the Private Residence of the White House after attending 10 inaugural balls and a long day including being sworn in as President at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

President Barack Obama participates in a high level meeting on Libya at the United Nations in New York, N.Y., Sept. 20, 2011. Pictured with the President, from left, are: Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France.

President Barack Obama wears a AF1 jacket on his first flight aboard Air Force One from Andrews Air Force Base to Newport News, Va., Feb. 5. 2009.

President Barack Obama takes aim with a photographer's camera backstage prior to remarks about providing mortgage payment relief for responsible homeowners. Dobson High School. Mesa, Arizona 2/18/09. .

President Barack Obama speaks from a podium in Washington, DC.

President Barack Obama bows his head at the University of Notre Dame's commencement ceremony, May 17, 2009.

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

President Barack Obama reads a morning newspaper aboard Marine One while en route to the US Naval Academy commencement, May 22, 2009.

President Barack Obama with Senior Advisor David Axelrod (left) prior to a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama, on the stage with Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, speaks about health care during a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., on July 1, 2009.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on Wall Street reform legislation in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 20, 2010.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh speaks during an on-camera press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2022.

Vice President Joseph Biden

President Barack Obama listens during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Dec. 11, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during fiscal policy meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Saturday, April 9, 2011.

President Barack Obama reads a document outside the Oval Office on the steps leading into the Rose Garden, May 20, 2009.

Bernie Sanders at 2016 Miami Rally

Donald Trump kicks off the sixth season casting call search for The Apprentice held in the Universal Studios Hollywood, USA on March 10, 2006, Universal City, California, USA, North America

US Senator Barack Obama speaking at podium in pouring rain at Presidential Rally on October 28, 2008, at Widener University in Chester, PA

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address, Feb. 4, 2020. VP Mike Pence applauds, while Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains seated (BSLOC_2020_2_213)

President Barack Obama and Jimmy Fallon are briefed on the "Slow Jam the News" segment backstage before taping Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at the University of North Carolina Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, N.C., April 24, 2012.

Official portrait of President Donald J. Trump - original digital file | Library of Congress

21 February 2016: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to several thousand supporters at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, Asia

DONALD TRUMP in TRUMP VS. HARRIS: THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA (2024), directed by SIMON HARRIES and KATIE MCDOUGALL.

Donald Trump, half-length seated Portrait, New York City, New York, USA, Bernard Gotfryd, 1980's

VIOLA DAVIS in THE FIRST LADY (2022), directed by SUSANNE BIER.

President Barack Obama prepares to throw a football to personal aide Reggie Love in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 8, 2010.

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

Bernie Sanders at 2016 Miami Rally

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

President Barack Obama in a conference call with advisors to discuss the Aurora, Colorado shootings. July 20, 2012. He was speaking to FBI Director Robert Mueller, Jack Lew, and John Brennan while in a motorcade to Palm Beach International Airport. (BSLOC_2015_3_9)

President Bush arrives back to the White House via Marine One

Magazines featuring cover images of President Barack Obama.

Jan. 17, 2013 "The President sings 'Happy Birthday' to the First Lady after greeting inaugural brunch guests in the Blue Room of the White House. Of course, the First Lady's new hairstyle attracted a lot of attention."

Bernie Sanders at 2016 Miami Rally

U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) campaigns in the Harlem neighborhood of New York

President Barack Obama views a portrait of César Chávez before the César E. Chávez National Monument dedication ceremony in Keene, Calif., Oct. 8, 2012.

President Bush delivers his State of the Union Address

LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 22: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes heroic entry at the South Point Arena & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 22, 2016, a day before Nevadas First in the West presidential caucus.

President George W. Bush in the White House press room to announce that Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice will testify before the 911 Commission in an open session.

President George Bush at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan gavels the Joint Session to order, before President Donald Trump arrives to give a speech to a joint session of Congress on February 28, 2017

President Barack Obama signs books at the Costa Mesa Town Hall at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., March 18. 2009.

President Barack Obama takes over for Stephen Colbert during "The Word" segment of "The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert" during a taping at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2014.

Speaker Paul Ryan answers questions at a news conference at the US Capitol on December 1st, 2016

President Barack Obama talks with Tom Grilk, head of the Boston Athletic Association, as he greets first responders and marathon volunteers at Cathedral High School in Boston, Mass., April 18, 2013. The President and First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to Boston to attend an interfaith prayer service dedicated to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Paul Ryan

President Barack Obama visits the Womens Rights National Historical Park Visitors Center, in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2013.

Reportage: President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the 2020 Salute to America event Saturday, July 4, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House.

President Barack Obama talks with Jimmy Fallon during a taping of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" at Memorial Hall on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., April 24, 2012.

Al Sharpton Trayvon Martin Ralley

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton debate on ABC before the PA Primary.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry boards his Air Force jet for a flight to Paris, France, after a day trip to Israel and a meeting in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 15, 2013.

Hillary Clinton speaking at the Manchester School of Technology in New Hampshire

LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 22: Republican 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the South Point Hotel & Casino on February 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 23, 2016: Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign rally at the Wiltern Theater

Michelle Obama speaking in front of African American audience during Barack Obama Presidential Rally, October 29, 2008 in Rocky Mount High School, North Carolina

Senator John Kerry salutes to audience of supporters at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

Paul Ryan

Speaker Paul Ryan answers questions at a news conference at the US Capitol on December 1st, 2016

President Barack Obama attends a Washington Wizards vs Chicago Bulls basketball game at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2009.

Official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama in the Green Room of the White House, Feb. 12, 2013.

President Barack Obama stands by a cut-out picture of First Lady Michelle Obama during a visit to Miami Central High School in Miami, Fla., March 4, 2011.

Senator Corey Booker asks a question to Rex Tillerson at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 11, 2017

Rick Warren and President Obama pass at the swearing in ceremony during the Inauguration on January 20, 2009.

Paul Ryan

Donald Trump speaks at the End the Iran Deal Rally on the West Front of the United States Capitol on September 9, 2015

First Lady Michelle Obama greets audience members after delivering remarks at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 23, 2013.

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to former active duty Marine Corp Corporal Dakota Meyer in the East Room of the White House on September 15, 2011.

Senator John Kerry speaking from stage at outdoor Kerry Campaign rally, Kingman, AZ

United States, Washington, D.C. President George W. Bush delivers the State of The Union Message at a joint Session of congress on January 28, 2008.

President Bush arrives on the south lawn after a night at Camp David

Gingrich Campaigns in Iowa

April 21, 2014. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House.

Donald Trump makes his entrance down the elevated runway in Iowa

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada and son of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau

President Donald Trump addresses a 125,000 crowd in the worlds biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Feb. 24, 2020. Trump gave a light speech, including comments on Bollywood, famous cricket players, Mahatma Gandhi, and Modis life story (BSLOC_2020_2_230)

Abraham Lincoln on a giant screen during the Inaugural concert held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.

US Senator Barack Obama speaking at podium in pouring rain at Presidential Rally on October 28, 2008, at Widener University in Chester, PA

Speaker of the House Representative John Boehner (R-OH) during the swearing in of the 112 Congress on January 5, 2011.

John McCain, Sarah Palin, president, vice president, nomination, stage, convention

The Justices of the United States Supreme Court sit for their formal press photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on March 3, 2006.

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948) captured in caricature levitating, perhaps a reference to his occasionally eccentric nature. Date: 1986

Presidential candidate Donald Trump as an ass with quiff, political caricature by Jacques Tilly, float, Rose Monday parade, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Barcelona. 02/24/2014. Conference by Mark Zuckenberg, creator of Facebook. Photos Ines Baucells. Archdc.

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