Presidential Reception Moments

Candid and posed images of a couple at diplomatic receptions and events, showcasing formal attire and intimate interactions in elegant settings.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait in the Green Room before hosting a Diplomatic Corps Reception in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 5, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait in the Green Room before hosting a Diplomatic Corps Reception in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 5, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with T.R.H. Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, G.C.L., G.C.M.G., C.H., C.F., K.St.J, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, and daughter, Miss Somare, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Dmitriy Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and his wife, Mrs. Medvedeva, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Edward Nipaki Natapei, Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, and his wife, Mrs. Natapei. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama kisses First Lady Michelle Obama in a holding room at the Capitol after delivering his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Jan. 27, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet The Honorable Dr. Guy Scott, Vice President of the Republic of Zambia, and Dr. Charlotte Harland Scott, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with T.R.H. John Key, M.P. Prime Minister of New Zealand and his wife Mrs. Bronagh Key, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

Harvard student Saheela Ibraheem looks back at President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in the Green Room as she prepares to enter the East Room of the White House to introduce them at a reception celebrating Black History Month, Feb. 26, 2015.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with T.H. Antonella Mularoni, Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs and for Economic Planning of the Republic of San Marino, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama greets newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in the Oval Office, Aug. 6, 2010.

President Barack Obama talks with stage participants after delivering remarks at a My2K event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building South Court Auditorium, Dec. 31, 2012.

President Barack Obama watches First Lady Michelle Obama dance with 106-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin in the Blue Room of the White House prior to a reception celebrating African American History Month, Feb. 18, 2016.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman in the Red Room after welcoming the team to the White House to honor their 2011 World Series victory, Jan. 17, 2012.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrive for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 32nd Annual Awards Gala dinner in Washington, Sept. 16, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with T.H. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, Prime Minister of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama speaks with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar before dinner at the Cabinet and Senior Staff retreat at Blair House in Washington, D.C. on July 31, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Abdalla A.M. Alteni, Prime Minister of the State of Libya, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to President Barack Obama during the inaugural swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21, 2013. First Lady Michelle Obama, holding a Bible that belonged to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Lincoln Bible, and daughters Malia and Sasha stand with the President.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk down the Cross Hall to the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 24, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets, from left, John Legend, Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, and Bob Santelli in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House before the Motown Music Series student workshop, Feb. 24, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Ambassador Jose Mario Gioni Carrasco of the Republic of Chile, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Litokwa Tomeing, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and his wife, Mrs. Arlin Tomeing, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Majesty King Mswati III, Kingdom of Swaziland, and Her Royal Highness Queen Inkhosikati La Mbikiza, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

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. Faure Gnassingbe, President of the Togolese Republic, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets former India Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as President Barack Obama greets his wife, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur prior to the State Dinner at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, India, Jan. 25, 2015.

President Barack Obama kisses First Lady Michelle Obama in the Blue Room prior to meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 26, 2009.

Event hosted by Secretary Condoleezza Rice in the Benjamin Franklin Room, marking the launch of the Ralph Bunche Societies Initiative.

President Barack Obama and former First Lady Nancy Reagan walk side-by-side through Center Hall in the White House, June 2, 2009. To the left of Mrs. Reagan hangs her official White House portrait as First Lady.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets U.S. Army Ranger Sergeant First Class Cory Remsburg as she arrives for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 2014.

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. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Alexandru Cujba, Permanent Representative of Moldova to the United Nations, and his wife, Mrs. Lucia Calugher-Cujbaand, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and H.E. Laila Kamal El Din Salah, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Dr. Danilo T�rk, President of the Republic of Slovenia, and Mrs. T�rk, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama meets with Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and family, in the Oval Office, May 27, 2010. Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils basketball team were honored in a Rose Garden ceremony for winning the 2010 NCAA national championship.

President Barack and Michelle Obama with Dakota Meyer before Medal of Honor presentation ceremony. Sept. 15, 2011. Marine Sgt. Meyer received the Medal of Honor for his actions on Sept. 8, 2009, while serving in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan. (BSLOC_2015_13_279)

President Barack Obama greets President Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan before the start of their bilateral meeting in New York, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2010.

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. Kanat Saudabayev, Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

March 27, 2015 "The First Lady snuggled against the President during a video taping for the 2015 World Expo in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House."

First Lady Michelle Obama greets Mrs. Ada Papandreou, the First Lady of Greece, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, March 9, 2010.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Dr. Samura Wilson Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

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. Chief Ojo Maduekwe, C.F.R., Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and his wife, Mrs. Maduekwe, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of the Republic of C�te d�Ivoire, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

Former NASCAR Hall of Fame Driver Darrell L. Waltrip receives a hug from First Lady Michelle Obama as President Barack Obama applauds at the Prayer Breakfast on February 5, 2015.

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. Yves Leterme, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama, receptionist Darienne Page, and Vice President Joe Biden share a laugh outside the Oval Office, May 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photo during a reception at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and her daughter, Saima Hossain, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden speak with Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others following the President's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office, May 28, 2009.

President Obama meets with Cynthia Hogan, Counsel to the Vice-President and Ron Klain, Chief of Staff to the Vice President in the Oval Office, May 21, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sign the guest book at Slottet Royal Palace of Norway in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President of the Republic of Togo, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

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. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 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. Luis Amado, Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

President George Bush with Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

Michelle Obama, the first lady of the United States, speaks to service members and Department of Defense civilians before her first tour of the Pentagon April 9. Obama wanted to thank the two groups for their work in support of the DoD missions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait in the Map Room of the White House, before welcoming President Felipe Calderón of Mexico and his wife, Mrs. Margarita Zavala, on the South Lawn of the White House, May 19, 2010.

President George Bush with Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

First Lady Michelle Obama greets Darlene Daniels, of Baltimore, Md., in the gallery of the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, and his daughter, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looks on as President Bush speaks

First Lady Michelle Obama greets, from left, Janelle Monáe, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Santelli, and Patti LaBelle prior to a student workshop, I’m Every Woman: The History of Women in Soul” at the White House, March 6, 2014.

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

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama stand with Honoree Jansila Majeed of Sri Lanka at the 2010 International Women of Courage Awards at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. March 10, 2010.

Michelle Obama clutches the Lincoln Bible at the swearing in ceremony during the Inauguration on January 20, 2009.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, and Mrs. Hinda Deby Itno, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet with the family of Megumi Yokota, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, April 24, 2014. Megumi Yokota was a 13 year-old Japanese student when she was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977.

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. Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia, and H.E. Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets First Lady Michelle Obama after greeting the new King Salman of Saudi Arabia at the Erqa Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 27, 2015, and after joining President Obama, the First Lady, and other dignitaries in extending condolences to the late King Abdullah.

First Lady Michelle Obama reacts after President Barack Obama quieted a baby along a ropeline at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, April 24, 2013.

Michelle Obama at the Medal of Honor Ceremony on September 15, 2011.

President George Bush with Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President George Bush with Secretary Condoleezza Rice at Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Dr. Jill Biden and Maria Eitel, new CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, at the White House April 21, 2009.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, bottom right, meet with Members on Congress to discuss the Joining Forces military families initiative in the Map Room of the White House, April 6, 2011.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with the coatcheck staff as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew Barzun and his wife, Brooke, welcome him to the Winfield House - the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in London, U.K. - on September 18, 2015, for a party marking the start of London Fashion Week.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia, and Mrs. Zineb Jammeh, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

President Barack Obama and Justice Sonia Sotomayor meet in the Oval Office prior to a reception for the new Supreme Court Justice at the White House, August 12, 2009.

President Barack Obama talks with Libyan Ambassador Ali Suleiman Aujali and his family during an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony in the Oval Office, Sept. 9, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Emine Erdoğan, wife of the Prime Minister of Turkey, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, May 16, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Secretary Kerry meets with Fulbright Program Alumni, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 20, 2016.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, descend the Grand Staircase before delivering remarks at a Hanukkah reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Dec. 8, 2011.

President Barack Obama and former First Lady Nancy Reagan walk side-by-side through Center Hall in the White House, June 2, 2009. To the left of Mrs. Reagan hangs her official White House portrait as First Lady.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama applaud the performance of Harry Connick Jr. and the Big Band during the Governors Ball in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2010.

First Lady Michelle Obama during the Kids' State Dinner in the East Room of the White House. They watch a performance of 'Big Time Rush'. Aug. 20, 2012 (BSLOC_2015_3_31)

President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of China toast during the State Dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House, Jan. 19, 2011.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet His Excellency Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and Mrs. Mariam Mint Ahmed Dit Tekber, in the Blue Room during a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014.

First Lady Michelle Obama, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, recognize Second Lieutenant Malalai Bahaduri of Afghanistan as a 2013 International Women of Courage Award Winner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2013.

Visit of figure skating star Michelle Kwan to State, where she joined Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes in the Treaty Room for the announcement of Kwan's appointment as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. In the role, Kwan, a five time World Champion and two time Olympic medalist, will reach out to international young people by visiting their schools and clubs to speak about leadership and to engage them in dialogue on social and educational issues.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from left; poses for a photo with former Secretaries of State General Colin Powell, center; Madeleine Albright, second from right; and Henry Kissinger, right; as well as NBC's Andrea Mitchell; to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms and the Completion of the Patrons of Diplomacy Endowment Campaign at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 27, 2011.

First Lady Jill Biden and Queen Rania of Jordan look out over the South Lawn of the White House and the Washington Monument, Monday July 19, 2021, on the Truman Balcony of the White House.

First Lady Michelle Obama meets with Prince Harry for tea to discuss the "Let Girls Learn" initiative and support for veterans, at Kensington Palace in London, England, June 16, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Susan Rice, the President's National Security Advisor, after he spoke at a Congressional-hosted reception for African leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on August 4, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

President Barack Obama during the welcoming ceremony at Bellevue Palace with the German President Joachim Gauck, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

American actresses Uzo Aduba, left, and Keke Palmer give remarks prior to the screening of the movie Lightyear on the grounds of the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff hosted an evening of NASA STEM activities at the Naval Observatory for military families and local STEM students and their families, including a special screening of Disney Pixars Lightyear.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - First Lady Michelle Obama Visiting the EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha pose for a family portrait with Bo and Sunny in the Rose Garden of the White House on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015.

First Lady Michelle Obama greets guests in the Blue Room of the White House during a Mother's Day Tea for military spouses, relatives, and friends, May 6, 2011.

First Lady Michelle Obama hands out treats during a Halloween reception for military families and children of White House staff in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 31, 2009.

National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley speaks with Secrtary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office of the White House

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