Public Speaking and Leadership

Images related to formal press briefings and leadership addresses, emphasizing political and business communication contexts.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel James Cunningham, U.S. Consul General to Israel Daniel Rubinstein, and Cisco Senior Manager Zika Abzuk, linked via digital video conference with the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellent (ACE) event in Washington, D.C., celebrate the Award at a Jerusalem event in Israel, December 17, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the press at the White House Filing Center in Singapore on June 11, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, and National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien hold a press availability in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry motions to former U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor - now Co-Chairman of the Pacific Council on International Policy - as he talks about Pacific trade policy during a speech on Apri 12, 2016, before the Pacific Council on International Policy at the Omni Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Farewell gathering at Main Interior for outgoing Secretary Dirk Kempthorne

U.S. Ambassador to Israel James Cunningham, U.S. Consul General to Israel Daniel Rubinstein, and Cisco Senior Manager Zika Abzuk, linked via digital video conference with the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellent (ACE) event in Washington, D.C., celebrate the Award at a Jerusalem event in Israel, December 17, 2010.

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses reporters at the Department Press Briefing, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 1, 2017.

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.

Summit on Global Aging, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, where participants from government, universities, and the private sector discussed the effects of population aging on economic growth, labor force, trade, migration, international relations, and national security.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS' ADDRESS TO UNITED STATES / PAN ASIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Deputy Secretary Sherman delivers remarks to the press on Afghanistan, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on August 18, 2021.

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

Announcement, at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, joined by Department Spokesperson Ned Price and Senior Official for the Bureau of International Religious Freedom Daniel Nadel, delivers remarks to the press on the release of the 2020 International Religious Freedom Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on May 12, 2021.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2022.

Announcement, at the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill, of the introduction of bipartisan Congressional legislation for permanent authorization of the Preserve America and Save America's Treasures programs, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, Ohio Congressman Miichael Turner, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe among the featured speakers

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.

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.

Office of Administration - 2nd Annual Veterans Owned Business Conference

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2022.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Press Conference Cuba (Secretary Gutierrez and Condoleezza Rice)

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

Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, delivers remarks on the release of the 2017 International Religious Freedom Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2018.

Office of the Secretary - Press Conference- Decatur House Secretary Carlos Gutierrez & EU Consr.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mexican Cement Signing

Office of the Secretary - FOREIGN PRESS BRIEFING

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

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan listens to a question from a State Department colleague, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 8, 2017.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm presents the funding award to agencies in response to the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Advancing Net-Zero Federal Facilities Federal Agency Call at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

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.

Office of the Secretary - WHITE HOUSE DIGITAL FREEDOM

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Unveiling Address , Environmental Protection Agency

National Institute of Standards and Technology - BALDRIGE AWARD CEREMONY

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS FORUM WITH DR. COHEN

Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack joins Department Spokesperson Ned Price at the top of the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2022.

Secretary Pompeo delivers remarks to the press in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State, October 3, 2018.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake responds to reporters questions during his visit to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for the second round of its Annual Bilateral Consultations with Uzbekistan on February 18, 2011.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with staff at the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, on November 30, 2021.

Press Conference, State Department Auditorium, 4:00PM. President John F. Kennedy speaks at a press conference in the State Department Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Sitting on stage to the right of the President are (L-R): Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Assistant Press Secretary Jay W. Gildner.

FEMA Deputy Administrator Johnson at the podium.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Office of the Secretary - Workforce Recovery Conference - Jobs and Skills Fair (Continued)

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.

Office of the Administrator - Nutrient Trading , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Secretary - UNITED STATES / KAZAKHASTAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Office of the Secretary - United States / Vietnam Signing Ceremony

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

Office of the Secretary - PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND SECRETARY DONALD EVANS AT SIGNING CEREMONY

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State on February 25, 2020.

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.

Office of the Secretary - Presidential Classroom Visit to Department of Labor

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a press conference, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, where it was announced that NASA has awarded $50 million through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

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.

Signing event, at the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., for Memorandum of Understanding promoting geotourism--tourism that helps sustain or enchance the environmental, cultural, aesthetic, historical character and well-being of a place and its residents--as a collaborative approach among government agencies and private partners. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined NGS President and Chief Executive Officer John Fahey, Jr., NGS Executive Vice President Terry Garcia, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Mark Rey, Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold Gidner, Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Henri Bisson, Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Kenneth Stansell, and Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, among other dignitaries, at the gathering.

Yoani Sanchez, winner of the 2011 Secretarys International Women of Courage award, delivers remarks after meeting with Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine, Acting Ambassador-at-Large for Global Womens Issues Sharon Wiener, as well as representatives from the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs and the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2013.

Summit on Global Aging, in Dean Acheson Auditorium, where participants from government, universities, and the private sector discussed the effects of population aging on economic growth, labor force, trade, migration, international relations, and national security.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in a virtual town hall with U.S. Embassy Rangoon on June 2, 2021.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Federal Electronics Challenge 2009 Award Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Secretary - JCCT BILATERAL

Emergency essential employee meeting in Dean Acheson Auditorium, with Under Secretary for Management Grant S. Green, Jr.

Panelists at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual C5+1 Ministerial with Deputy Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Johnathan Henick at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021.

Office of Inspector General - Ribbon Cutting

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

Secretary's Open Forum session in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring Henry Cuellar, Secretary of State for Texas, with introduction and award presentation by Alan Lang of Open Forum staff

Secretary's Open Forum session in Loy Henderson Auditorium, featuring Henry Cuellar, Secretary of State for Texas, with introduction and award presentation by Alan Lang of Open Forum staff

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Unveiling Address , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2020.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS WITH DEAN KAMEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARIES SNOW, EVANS AND CHAO FOR THE JOBS AND GROWTH TOUR

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press on the announcement of a U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Priority 2 Designation for Afghan Nationals, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 2, 2021.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Endangerment Announcement , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Mike Leavitt) - Mike Leavitt's Farewell , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attends a Ministerial Working Luncheon of the Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2017.

The American Academy of Diplomacy's 15th Annual Diplomatic Awards Luncheon in the Benjamin Franklin Room, featuring speech by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the contributions of the late Joseph Sisco. Also delivering remarks were Academy officers and award presenters including former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and France, Arthur Hartman; former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Samuel Lewis; and former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, Mark Palmer. Among those accepting writing awards were Washington Post diplomatic affairs correspondent Robin Wright; . 59 CF DS 15985 04_Am_Acd_Dipl_007.jpg

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE POLICY INSIDERS

Emergency essential employee meeting in Dean Acheson Auditorium, with Under Secretary for Management Grant S. Green, Jr.

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

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

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.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall announces funding for historically Black colleges and universities to create a university affiliated research center consortium during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., June 27, 2022. UARCs are research centers affiliated with a university to ensure that technology and engineering capabilities important to the military service are maintained.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on the Indo-Pacific in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Acting Director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for Prevention of Genocide Naomi Kikoler speaks on a panel at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Ask-Kaleidoscope , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Administrator - President's Quality Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit to Glenn Research Center by United States Senator George Voinovich and Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher

Office of Air and Radiation - National Radon Poster Contest , Environmental Protection Agency

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 31, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat sign a Memorandum of Cooperation to expand a public health partnership between the United States and the African Union, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 2022.

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 - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

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

U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office Acting Director Dr. Kari Johnstone joins Department Spokesperson Ned Price, as he holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2021.

U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office Acting Director Dr. Kari Johnstone joins Department Spokesperson Ned Price, as he holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2021.

Activities at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting iin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Interior Secretary--and former Idaho Governor--Dirk Kempthorne joined a host of current and former Governors and guests, among them former President Bill Clinton (Centennial Session Keynote Speaker), Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, and ABC News political commentator and author (Centennial Session Moderator) Cokie Roberts.

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