Press Conferences and Speeches

Images of officials delivering speeches at press conferences, showcasing formal settings with flags and media presence.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference after meeting with Kenyan government leaders, opposition leaders, representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Somali refugees in the Dadaab Refugee Camp while visiting Nairobi, Kenya, on May 4, 2015.

Spokesperson Price delivers remarks to the press, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on August 23, 2021.

Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski delivers remarks and responds to questions after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released the 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2016.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a department press briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Mission Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 21, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - SES Briefing , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - SES Briefing , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers opening remarks virtually at the C5+1 High Level Dialogue, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2020.

Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons Randy Berry provides the press with an update on his work before Spokesperson John Kirby holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2016.

Washington, DC, October 26, 2006 -- FEMA Director R. David Paulison (background) watches David I. Maurstad, FEMA Director of Mitigation answer a FEMA staff member's question about flood insurance following Hurricane Katrina. Director Paulison held a town hall meeting with FEMA Headquarters staff to talk about FEMA and the current direction of the Agency.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a Afghanistan Task Force and Relocation Volunteers Recognition Ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2021. The Secretary recognized the Department�s efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 124,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans over the past five months.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual employee Town Hall to discuss diplomatic and institutional priorities for the upcoming year from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual employee Town Hall to discuss diplomatic and institutional priorities for the upcoming year from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 2022.

Spokesperson Price delivers remarks to the press, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on August 23, 2021.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 26, 2022.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Redfield Award Ceremony

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2022.

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh addresses reporters during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry following a meeting focused on Middle East issues in Amman, Jordan, on November 7, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2014 - Butch Blazer, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at USDA, speaks at the Native American Heritage Month event at FEMA Headquarters... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook addresses reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 5, 2019.

Press conference on the Interior budget, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a video recording on the Palau Spur undersea cable with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo, Japan on October 6, 2020.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink_vi_s in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses fellow foreign ministerial colleagues at the outset of a U.S. meeting with ASEAN member nations in Naypyitaw, Burma, on August 9, 2014.

U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 2021.

U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to his staff during a meet-and-greet in Manila on December 17, 2013.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the virtual American Foreign Service Association memorial ceremony with AFSA President Eric Rubin on Foreign Affairs Day, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo virtually meets with the WSJ CEO Council 2020, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2020.

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Marcus C. Peacock Oath Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Announcement of Clean Air Act Settlement with Hyundai and Kia , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses staff members and families of U.S. Embassy Vientiane after meeting on January 25, 2016, with government leaders in Laos.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a_ virtual_ ministerial _meeting_ with_ key partners_on _Afghanistan,_ including _Canada, France, Germany, Italy,_ Japan, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Qatar, the European Union, and NATO, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with Jeune Afrique, in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at a reception in honor of Eid al-Fitr on July 22, 2015, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken provides an update on the Department�s Health Incidents Response Task Force alongside Health Incident Response Task Force Ambassador Jonathan Moore and Senior Care Coordinator Ambassador Margaret Uyehara, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in Kingston, Jamaica on January 22, 2020.

Arshad Mohammed of Reuters questions U.S Secretary of State John Kerry during a news conference on December 2, 2015, following a two-day NATO Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joins President Barack Obama in welcoming over 50 African leaders and their delegations to the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Session One on �Investing in Africa�s Future,� at the U.S. Department of State for the final day of the U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Senegalese Foreign Minister Amadou Ba in Dakar, Senegal, on February 16, 2020.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman hosts a roundtable with the Executive Women @ State (EW@S) in honor of Women�s History Month, on March 18, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Office of the Secretary - FOREIGN PRESS BRIEFING

Arlington, VA, February 1, 2008 Secretary Chertoff (left) listens as FEMA Administrator David Paulison (podijm)speaks about FEMA's part of the over 3 billion dollars of federal money for 14 federal grant programs whose collective purpose is to strengthen prevention, protection, response and recovery capabilities at all levels of government. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Department Employees at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on April 1, 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, addresses reporters during a news conference following a series of security and economic meetings during a Strategic Dialogue between the United States and Egypt in Cairo, Egypt, on August 2, 2015.

Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Veterans Day Salute Awards

Secretary Condoleezza Rice visiting the Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech in the B.C. Lee Lecture Series on U.S. foreign policy in the Asia Pacific region. Secretary Rice, introduced by Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner, addressed Northeast Asia issues, and policy toward North Korea in particular.

Washington, DC, November 21, 2005 R. David Paulison, the Acting Director of FEMA, speaks to FEMA employees at an all hands meeting in Washington, DC. Mr. Paulison thanked the employees for their good work during the 2005 hurricane season. Bill Koplitz/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hideki Tsuchimoto, commissioner of the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, Japanese Ministry of Defense, speaks with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Sept. 9, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers virtual remarks to the diplomatic corps, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 14, 2021.

Press conference on the Interior budget, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on our efforts in Afghanistan since August 14 and the way forward, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Special Representative for North Korea Steven Biegun flanked by U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo addresses the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 23, 2018.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable with foreign media at the Foreign Press Center, ahead of World Press Freedom Day, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2021.

International Trade Administration - President Export Council

Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Robert J. Faucher delivers remarks on the Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2021.

Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky; Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller; Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf; and New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith.

Press conference on the Interior budget, with remarks by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and other senior officials

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an interview with the Financial Times in London, United Kingdom, on May 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President of Angola Manuel Vicente address reporters before their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State 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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on American Leadership on Climate, in Annapolis, Maryland on April 19, 2021.

U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Jennifer Galt introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on June 5, 2016, before the Secretary greeted staff at the U.S. Embassy, and before he held bilateral meetings with Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren and Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry deliver opening remarks for the U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 8, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - FOREIGN PRESS BRIEFING

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey spoke as the moderator during a virtual meeting alongside of the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS small group on June 4, 2020.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable with representatives of Burma�s civil society, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2021.

WASHINGTON, DC (September 21, 2022) - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attends an interagency brief at FEMA Headquarters to discuss response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Fiona and Typhoon Merbok. President Joseph R. Biden approved an emergency declaration for Puerto Rico on Sunday, authorizing FEMA to continues to coordinate all disaster relief efforts while providing lifesaving and life-sustaining support.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - U.S. - China Strategic Economic Dialogue Signing , Environmental Protection Agency

All-employees meeting at Main Interior, featuring remarks by new Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, introduced by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and Chief of Stafff Brian Waidmann

Bureau of Economic Analysis - MENTORING PROGRAM

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in a virtual interview with Demetri Sevastopulo at the FT Global Boardroom from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2021.

Office of the Administrator - Announcement of Clean Air Act Settlement with Hyundai and Kia , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Candid Images of Stephen L. Johnson in Office , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Administration - 2nd Annual Veterans Owned Business Conference

Portraits of members of Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Program Committee at Interior, coordinating agency purchasing of products and services from non-profit organizations employing blind and disabled workers

Federal Trade Commission - Onguard Online Kick-off

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a joint press availability with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, in Amman, Jordan, on April 30, 2018. (

US Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback delivers closing remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 26, 2018.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he opened, and announced high bid totals for, the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.

Reportage: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar sign a 5G Joint Declaration in Bled, Slovenia, on August 13, 2020.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, in Berlin, Germany, on June 23, 2021.

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