Press Conferences with Officials

Images of press conferences featuring government officials discussing key issues, amidst a backdrop of flags and formal settings.

Reception at Main Interior for participants in the 100 Years of Conservation meeting, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Alaska Congressman Don Young, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Chairman Bob Model, and Simon Roosevelt--great, great grandson of former President Theodore Roosevelt--among the speakers

President George Bush at podium, with Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and Interior Secretary Gale Norton to his right, giving press conference, at Department of Energy, concerning the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on oil, natural gas production, refining, distribution in Gulf of Mexico region

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

President George Bush at podium, with Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and Interior Secretary Gale Norton to his right, giving press conference, at Department of Energy, concerning the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on oil, natural gas production, refining, distribution in Gulf of Mexico region

Office of the Secretary - TPA PRESS EVENT

Reception at Main Interior for participants in the 100 Years of Conservation meeting, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Alaska Congressman Don Young, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Chairman Bob Model, and Simon Roosevelt--great, great grandson of former President Theodore Roosevelt--among the speakers

Farewell gathering at Main Interior for Secretary Gale Norton, with presentations by Interior senior officials and unveiling of official painted portrait of Norton

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Year End Economic Briefing Gutierrez, Snow and Chao

Economic Development Administration - Swearing -In Sandy Baruah

Announcement, at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of the proposal to remove the brown pelican from the Endangered Species List, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and other officials at the signing and press conference marking the recovery of the species in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states

President George Bush at podium, with Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and Interior Secretary Gale Norton to his right, giving press conference, at Department of Energy, concerning the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on oil, natural gas production, refining, distribution in Gulf of Mexico region

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS KEYNOTE'S SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT AND POLICY SUMMIT

Farewell gathering at Main Interior for Secretary Gale Norton, with presentations by Interior senior officials and unveiling of official painted portrait of Norton

Office of Administration - Iraqi Gold Medal Award Ceremony

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Year End Economic Briefing Gutierrez, Snow and Chao

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Resources for the Future (RFF) Policy Leadership Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

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

Economic Development Administration - COMPETITIVENESS IN RURAL US REGIONS

Secretary Gale Norton at podium during ceremony, at the Ted Weiss Federal Office Building in New York City, New York, marking the announcement of the designation of the 17th-18th Century African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan as a National Monument

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.

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, at swearing-in ceremony for Assistant Secretaries at Department of Interior headquarters

Swearing in ceremony, in Treaty Room, for William Eaton, Assistant Secretary for Administration, with Secretary Colin Powell presiding

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Resources for the Future (RFF) Policy Leadership Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). National Museum of the American Indian , Environmental Protection Agency

Farewell gathering at Main Interior for Secretary Gale Norton, with presentations by Interior senior officials and unveiling of official painted portrait of Norton

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Signing ceremony, at Main Interior, for the annual funding agreement covering operation of the National Bison Range Complex, located in Moiese, Montana, within the boundaries of the Flathead Reservation. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett joined Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs George Skibine, and the Chairman of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, James Steele, among the dignitaries on hand.

Visit of Boy Scouts of America delegation to Main Interior for meeting with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and receipt from the Secretary of National Resource Conservation Awards

National Council for International Visitors reception in Benjamin Franklin Room

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Oath Ceremony, Stephen L. Johnson , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE TPA PRESS EVENT

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Interior employee meeting, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason among the senior officials speaking and fielding questions

International Conference and Handshakes of during Christine Todd Whitman's last day (starts DSC_414) , Environmental Protection Agency

Press conference, led by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, concerning Fish and Wildlife Service report showing net gain of 191,800 acres of American wetlands between 1998 and 2004, the first net gain in wetlands since 1954

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at podium, with Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne to her right, during Boise, Idaho signing event for Department of Interior-Idaho memorandum of agreement transferring bulk of responsibility for managing gray wolves in central Idaho from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to state wildlife officials

Reception at Main Interior for participants in the 100 Years of Conservation meeting, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Alaska Congressman Don Young, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Chairman Bob Model, and Simon Roosevelt--great, great grandson of former President Theodore Roosevelt--among the speakers

Interior employee meeting, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason among the senior officials speaking and fielding questions

Department of the Interior University-sponsored event for Presidential Management Fellows at Main Interior, with Secretary Gale Norton among the senior officials on hand

Meeting and press conference in Atlanta, Georgia concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Meeting and press conference in Atlanta, Georgia concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Office of the Secretary - TPA PRESS EVENT

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

Office of the Secretary - INTERNET CAUCUS "A NATION ONLINE"

Press conference, led by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, concerning Fish and Wildlife Service report showing net gain of 191,800 acres of American wetlands between 1998 and 2004, the first net gain in wetlands since 1954

National Institute of Standards and Technology - DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY PRESENTATION TO BODMAN

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERENCE

Office of the Deputy Secretary - BOEING-PAKISTAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT - SIGNING

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

Office of the Secretary - Digital Files of Secretary Donald Evans Tenure 01-04

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Economic Development Administration - COMPETITIVENESS IN RURAL US REGIONS

Bernadette Castro, New York State Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, and the Vice Chair of the Advisory Council on HistoricPreservation, speaking at signing ceremony for Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Southeast Tourism Policy Council, a private-public partnership promoting tourism on public lands

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participates in a joint press conference with Ambassador Nikki Haley and National Security Council Advisor John Bolton, on the margins of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City on September 24, 2018.

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) Symposium

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA

Office of the Secretary - TPA PRESS EVENT

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Year End Economic Briefing Gutierrez, Snow and Chao

International Trade Administration - Commercial Service 25th Anniversary Reception

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - NARTE AWARD

International Trade Administration - Commercial Service 25th Anniversary Reception

Economic Development Administration - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne in Los Angeles, California, joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, and PacifiCorps Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel at signing ceremony for the Klamath Basin Hydropower Agreement in Principle, under which the Department of the Interior, the states of California and Oregon, and PacifiCorp established a framework for addressing the potential removal of four Klamath Basin hydropower facilities in parallel with proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Act provisions for reliable water supply, low-cost power, and protection of species listed under the Endangered Species Act

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials

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.

Interior employee meeting, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason among the senior officials speaking and fielding questions

Office of the Secretary - ECONOMIC CENSUS PRESS CONFERENCE

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

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE SENATE ENERGY BILL

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Asian Americans Department of Labor Employee Meeting Partnership for Learning Event at Airborne in Seatte, Washington

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Spokesman for the Department of State, Richard Boucher, appearing in press briefing room

Sterling Heights, Michigan, Judge George Caram Steeh, a federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan, presides over a naturalization ceremony as immigrants are sworn in as new citizens of the United States.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Import Safety, Health and Human Services , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina, Jackson, Miss., Ocober 18, 2005 -- Governor Haley R. Barbour responds to questions during his weekly press conference, as FEMA Deputy FCO James N. Russo, MEMA Deputy SCO Mike Womack, and Col. Don Taylor, Miss. Dept. Human Services, wait their turn to respond. Frequent and regular press conferences have been a direct source of information about state and federal progress in providing assistance to those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. George Armstrong/FEMA

U.S. Consul General in Lagos, Nigeria Jim Hawkins and his wife, Annie, introduce U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he addresses staffers and family members at the U.S. Consulate General's Residence in Lagos after the Secretary met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his re-election challenger, retired Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, on January 25, 2015, for conversations urging both candidates to accept the results of their upcoming general-election vote.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Governor Gilmore (R-VA) Press Conference National Airport

Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Forest Service senior officials joining representatives of private organizations, including Wilderness Inquiry, at signing event for Memorandum of Understanding relating to promotion of outdoor opportunities for persons with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - White House Fellows Reception , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - MEXICAN MINISTER BERBEZ

Office of the Secretary - PRESS CONFERENCE SENATE ENERGY BILL

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

Visit of Boy Scouts of America delegation to Main Interior for meeting with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and receipt from the Secretary of National Resource Conservation Awards

Office of the Secretary - 1st Press Conference with Secretary Elaine Chao

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Speakers Forum Harm De Blij

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella speaking at ceremony, at the Ted Weiss Federal Office Building in New York City, New York, marking the announcement of the designation of the 17th-18th Century African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan as a National Monument

Press conference, led by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Interior Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Matt Hogan, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, concerning Fish and Wildlife Service report showing net gain of 191,800 acres of American wetlands between 1998 and 2004, the first net gain in wetlands since 1954

Preserve America ceremony at the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined First Lady Laura Bush, Congressmen Michael Turner of Ohio and Brad Miller of North Carolina, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and other dignitaries for announcement of the first 43 Preserve America grants for 2007 and acknowledgement of 20 new Preserve America communities

Announcement, at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of the proposal to remove the brown pelican from the Endangered Species List, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and other officials at the signing and press conference marking the recovery of the species in Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Office of the Secretary - MEXICAN MINISTER BERBEZ

Office of the Secretary - INTERNATIONAL TRADE DATA PRESS CONFERENCE

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Change a Light, Change the World with Energy Star , Environmental Protection Agency

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