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Republican National Convention 2008

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Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

Nov. 6, 2012 (Election Day) The Obama family and close friends were watching election results at a Chicago hotel. The President had warned everyone that it could be a very late night. Yet, only a few minutes later, the networks projected that he had been re-elected, and the President embraced the First Lady, while in the background, daughter Sasha hugged one of her cousins.

Army Major Gen. Garrett Yees family members look on as he thanks them for their sacrifice and support throughout his career, during his retirement ceremony at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia, April 28, 2022. Yees mother, wife, children and siblings were among his family members in attendance.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne meeting at Main Interior with Take Pride in America honorees, family members

Book forum at Main Interior, featuring presentations by Anthony Amerson, author of Great Courage: The First Black Sheriff Elected in the South Since Reconstruction (story of Macon County, Alabama sheriff Lucius Amerson, elected in 1967), and Sylvia Henderson, author of Why You Talk So White Eliminate the Behaviors That Sabotage Your Success

Yuri's Night 2009 held at the California Acaemy of Sciences in San Francisco, California shown here are Yvonne Pendleton Ames Deputy Associate Director and Lewis Braxton III, Ames Deputy Director (middle and right)

Phillip Lee (left) with fellow Liberal Democrat Members of Parliament, September 2019. Phillip Lee (born 1970), British doctor and Liberal Democrat politician. Member of Parliament for Bracknell since winning the seat at the 2010 general election running as a Conservative. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for Youth Justice, Victims, Female Offenders & Offender Health at the Ministry of Justice. He resigned from government in July 2018 in response to the Government's handling of Brexit. In early 2019, he became Chairman of Right to Vote. He was a member of the Conservative Party until 3 September 2019, when he resigned to join the Liberal Democrats

Col. Lawrence Austin, Sr., Mississippi Military Judge, gifts his wife Josephine, with roses during his promotion and investiture ceremony at Grenada County Court House, Grenada, Mississippi, September 10, 2022. Austin and Josephine have two children together.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - 35th Anniversary Portrait Unveiling , Environmental Protection Agency

(L to R) Robert Stewart of the Department of the Interior talks with Bethany O'Brien of the USDA at the RISC meeting... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Friends enjoying food and drink outdoors

Anefo photo collection. Celebration 25th anniversary is Israel, assignment Mr Sijes. December 11, 1972. Israel

Local students listen to Reggie Love, Personal Aide to President Barack Obama, and Peter Orszag, left, Director of the Office of Management and Budget at the Kick Off Young Men's Barbeque on the South Lawn of the White House, June 19, 2009.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, where he delivered the keynote address at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center in the Paradise area of the Park. Secretary Kempthorne was joined at the event by dignitaries including: Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks; National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis; Mount Rainier Superintendent Dave Uberuaga; Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Kameran Onley; Nisqually tribal elder Zelma McCloud; and Peter Jackson of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

220624-N-LN285-5140 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 24, 2022) -- Members of the 786 Club prepare to present leis at a dinner organized to recognize the hard work and dedication of the Sailors and families of the Pacific submarine force, June 24. The 786 Club is a civilian volunteer organization which supports the crew and family members of USS Illinois (SSN 786).

Office of Army Cemeteries and Army National Military Cemeteries Executive Director Karen Durham-Aguilera, right, speaks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Yoko Kamikawa, left, in the Memorial Amphitheater Display Room at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 12, 2024.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Independence National Historical Park and environs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he toured with his wife Patricia, aides, and Independence National Historical Park Deputy Superintendent Darla Sidles, and spoke with National Park Service staff, law enforcement personnel, and visitors

William P. Clark, assistant to the president for National Security Affairs, stands with his wife Joan (right), and daughter Nina, during the launching ceremony for the nuclear-powered attack submarine HONOLULU (SSN-718). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sen. Jon Tester makes remarks during the Air Forces 75th birthday celebration at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2022. The birthday officially falls on Sept. 18.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Environmental Initiatives reception recognizing African-American appointees in the Obama Administration , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses local and international reporters on January 26, 2016, in the courtyard at the Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, following a museum tour and meetings with government leaders, leaders of the government opposition, and members of Cambodian civil society, and on January 26, 2016, during a conversation at the Raffles Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and following a series of meetings with government leaders and the government opposition.

Attendees listen to a speaker during the 2022 Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2022.

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass poses for a photo with Senior Airman Monica A. Figueroa Santos, 2022 Outstanding Airman of the Year representing Air Force Global Strike Command, during the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year social at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sept. 18, 2022. Santos was recognized as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievement.

Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks. The permanent memorial, constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans bured at the original seven-acre Lower Manhattan site in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was opened to the public for the first time.

U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Heather Hodges cuts the cake at the U.S. Independence Day celebration in Quito, Ecuador, on July 2, 2010.

Mike Leavitt addresses Garden Club , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - Farewell Reception for Tevi Troy and Penny Douglas with Remarks by Secretary Elaine Chao and Meeting with Ulhas Yargop and Robin Berger

Author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen shares her personal story of perseverance and more during the 2022 Fort McCoy Womens Equality Day observance held Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoys Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event featured many displays about womens equality. The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Palau Islands, Republic of Palau

2010 ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Maj Gen. Michael Lutton, Twentieth Air Force commander, and Three AffiliatedTribes Chairman Mark Fox smiles for a photo together at Fort Berthold Reservation New Town, North Dakota. July 19, 2022. The exchange was aimed at strengthening the good relations that the Air Force and the TAT have cultivated for the past 200 years.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Nicaraguan diaspora and opposition representatives, in San Jose, Costa Rica on January 21, 2020.

Office of Civil Rights - Veterans Day - Admiral Michelle J Howard speaking at a Veterans Day Event , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, New York, to participate in a ceremony unveiling plans for a major Museum expansion--known as The Peopling of America Center, funded by the National Park Service along with the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation--and to observe a naturalization ceremony, for 12 new Americans, under the direction of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Among dignitaries joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event for The Peopling of America Center were Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument Superintendent Cynthia Garrett, Annenberg Foundation Senior Program Officer Gillian Norris-Szanto, Bank of America Charitable Foundation President Andrew Plepler, and Ellis Island Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Briganti.

U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew L. Roddan (right), 374th Airlift Wing commander, gives opening remarks and thanks guests attending the 374th AW Holiday Social as Naoko Connell (left), public affairs community engagement specialist, translates at Yokota Air Base, Japan Dec. 11, 2022. The social event brought members of Yokota Air Base, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Japanese civic leaders together, to celebrate the holiday and talk about their friendship. Attendees strengthened their bond while enjoying music and food together.

The White House Project hosts Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

Opening Day of Boating Celebration, Seattle, WA

National Football League season kick-off events around Washington, D.C., including festivities on the National Mall involving Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials and political dignitaries, pro football stars past and present, and music celebrities

Sweet couple dancing in clothing store, moving around ambience music and enjoying lovely moment. Man and woman presenting true love and feelings to shop customers, doing waltz dance moves.

Activities at the National Park Foundation's Leadership Summit on Partnership and Philanthropy, in Austin, Texas, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush among the participating dignitaries

06/07/2005. Barcelona, 06/08/05.- Infanta Cristina, along with her husband, Iñaki Urdangarín, leaves the Teknon clinic in Barcelona with her daughter Irene in her arms, after receiving the medical discharge, three days after giving birth...PHOTO YOLANDA CARDO...ARCHDC.

Orion Recovery Operations. NASA Artemis I Recovery Director Melissa Jones, at right, with Exploration Ground Systems, shakes hands with Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Kelvin Manning inside the well deck of the USS Portland at U.S. Naval Base San Diego on Dec. 13, 2022. The Artemis I Orion spacecraft is secured inside the well deck after splashing down at 12:40 p.m. EST on Dec. 11, 2022. U.S. Navy divers helped recover the Orion spacecraft. NASA, the Navy and other Department of Defense partners worked together to secure the spacecraft inside the ships well deck approximately five hours after Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja, California.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a Tri-Mission meet and greet at the Sembler Building Atrium in Rome, Italy, on October 2, 2019.

Terrorist Attack, New York, NY, September 11, 2007 A Grandmother mourns her grandson during 9-11 Memorial Service at Ground Zero. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

(Dec. 03, 2022) Sailors and volunteers greet Gold Star Family members during the annual Snowball Express event at the Norfolk International Airport Dec. 03, 2022. The Snowball Express is funded by the Gary Sinise foundation and sends families of fallen service members on a trip to Disney World to help them bond and strengthen relationships with other Gold Star families.

Morris Winn Swearing-in ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looking on, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt addresses the audience at an interfaith Iftar reception to mark World Refugee Day at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Virginia, on June 20, 2016.

U.S. Ambassador to Panama Jonathan Farrar and his wife, Terry, watch the fireworks with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, and his wife, Lorena Castillo, at Embassy Panama City's Fourth of July celebration on July 4, 2014.

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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM) Open House for Assistant Secretary Patricia Lattimore

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Members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission and other dignitaries, on hand for the Commission swearing-in ceremony at the site of the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring the passengers and crew of the plane hijacked during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Race for the Cure

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao at Chinatown in New York City (NYC)

Madrid, 01/04/2020. Investiture plenary session. In the image, Pedro Sánchez, Adriana Lastra and Rafael Simancas. Photo: Maya Balanya. ARCHDC.

Tom Costello from NBC News moderates a panel discussion titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" at the National Air and Space Museum on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Washington.

Office of the Secretary - SHANGHAI TRIP SECRETARY DONALD EVANS

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - 2009 LULAC National Convention & Exposition, Puerto Rican Convention Center , Environmental Protection Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The outdoor stage at the KSC Visitor Complex is filled with members of the Astronaut Hall of Fame who gathered to honor the four standing in the front center Robert Crippen (second from left), Frederick 'Rick' Hauck, Richard Truly and Joe Engle. These first Shuttle astronauts were the 2001 inductees.

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Arc Jet crew.

Akia Woods, the 18th Wing Command Chiefs spouse, retells some of her lighter experiences as a woman in the Air Force during a womens empowerment panel at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 21, 2023. She set up a relaxed atmosphere with one of the funnier stories from her time in Security Forces.

Expedition 11 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Phillips waves from the bus, Thursday, April 14, 2005, upon departure for launch aboard the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, left, with Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Aurene Martin, at dedication ceremonies for the new Indian Memorial at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana

France, Rennes, 2022-02-08. Meeting of La France Insoumise MPs Eric Coquerel and Clementine Autin in Rennes as part of Jean-Luc Melenchon s presidential campaign. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Rennes, le 2022-02-08. Meeting des Deputes de La France Insoumise Eric Coquerel et Clementine Autin a Rennes dans le cadre la campagne presidentielle de Jean-Luc Melenchon. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Gathering of participants at the Alabama capitol building in the culmination of the commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery civil rights march.

Speaker at podium speaks at luncheon honoring the First Ladies of the state in front of the state flag November 17, 2004 in the build-up to the opening of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library November 18 in little rock, AK

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Race for the Cure

John, Cindy, and Meghan McCain walking to his victory speech in Texas after he won enough delegates to become the official nomin

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - EPA at 40: Speaker Series, Open House, Mellon Auditorium , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - National Congress of American Indians - Administrator Gina McCarthy and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaking at the NCAI , Environmental Protection Agency

NASA Celebrates Black History Month with the NMAAHC. Christopher Williams, STEM Education Specialist at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, left, retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, second from left, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, center, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, second from right, and Clayton Turner, director of NASA's Langley Research Center, right, pose for a picture following a panel discussion titled A Space for Us All at an event celebrating Black History Month at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington.

Woman using mobile phone in crowd

Close-up of a mature woman looking up

Mere Ratukonadi, with Fiji Womens Crisi Centre, attends Fijis first Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan Orientation Workshop in Suva, Fiji, Sept. 21, 2022. Facilitated by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the workshop consisted of Fijian government and civil society organization representatives who lead the developmentof a Fiji WPS National Action Plan guided by UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 principles and gender perspective.

Two Ministers in Front of Church

Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks. The permanent memorial, constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans bured at the original seven-acre Lower Manhattan site in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was opened to the public for the first time.

U.S. Embassy Tbilisi in Georgia Charge d�Affaires Kent Logsdon shares a relaxed moment after a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open an outpatient clinic in an IDP settlement in Bazaleti, Georgia, on July 19, 2010.

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President Barack Obama exits the stage with University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, after delivering the commencement address to University of Michigan graduates at Michigan Stadium, in Ann Arbor, Mich., May 1, 2010.

CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann attends the CDU policy convention in Cologne, 1 March 2024, with Friedrich Merz

Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks. The permanent memorial, constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans bured at the original seven-acre Lower Manhattan site in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was opened to the public for the first time.

Official portrait of Hannibal Bolton, Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sports Fish Restoration, Fish and Wildlife Service

Alicia Wilder Walters, 17th Training Support Squadron instructor, performs an interactive spoken word rendition during the Juneteenth commemoration ceremony at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, June 16, 2022. The purpose of the ceremony was to educate and celebrate resilience, resistance and liberation.

Planetary Society Executive Director and Bill Nye the Science Guy” host Bill Nye, right, photographs himself with NASA Mars Curiosity Landing mission controller, Bobak "Mohawk Guy" Ferdowsi, during the White House Science Fair held at the White House, April 22, 2013. The science fair celebrated student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country.

Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Alexis Herman's Farewell Reception for Assistant Secretary Patricia Lattimore in Department of Labor Great Hall

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Race for the Cure

Portrait of a senior woman holding an umbrella

Secretary Gale Norton, left, touring historical exhibits during visit to Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina for events marking centennial of first powered flight. Photograph was selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

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Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman speaks with singers from the Children of the Gospel Choir after a holiday concert at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2022.

Dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii Dr. Denise E. Konan, poses for a photo with members of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG) during a tour at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, as a part of a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) May 10, 2022. The event, which included participants from Australia and the United States, both government and non-governmental entities, reinforced stakeholder relationships and strengthened the Agencys robust network of external partners to augment and support DPAA operations and all efforts applied towards case progression. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Denver, Colorado, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock (center) joins the annual Martin Luther King Day Marade (march + parade).

Day of Remembrance. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, along with representatives from the Embassy of Israel, Minister for Public Diplomacy, Sawsan Hasson, center, and Counselor for Public Diplomacy, Efrat Hochstetler, right, lay a wreath at the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial during NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

During the annual Memorial Day ceremony in Killeen, Texas, Sergeant Ruben W. Hatcher (USA, Ret.), received the Bronze Star for heroism for his actions during World War II. Here, SGT Hatcher and Mrs. Hatcher pose together for photos. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Col. Taona Enriquez, center, installation commander, stands for a photo Margaret Wilkenson, left, Space, Aerial & Nuclear Networks division executive assistant, and Maria Bandouveres, executive assistant to the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, and Networks program executive officer, during a Holiday Open House event at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Dec. 5.

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