U.S. Political Events

Images of key political figures at various formal events, emphasizing speeches and gestures, against backdrops of official settings and flags.

President Bill Clinton announces a commitment from the Nike Foundation to provide up to $1 million for research and education into how empowering women and girls helps break the cycle of poverty. Maria Eitel, President of the Nike Foundation and Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, President of the International Center for Research on Women, during the Clinton Global Initiative, September 17, 2005, in New York City.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at an opening ceremony for the American University of Central Asia, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, October, 31, 2015.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin addresses the audience at the Apollo 11 anniversary banquet honoring the Apollo team, the people who made the entire lunar landing program possible. The banquet was held in the Apollo/Saturn V Center, part of the KSC Visitor Complex. This is the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch and moon landing, July 16 and July 20, 1969. Among the guests at the banquet were former Apollo astronauts are Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin who flew on Apollo 11, the launch of the first moon landing; Gene Cernan, who flew on Apollo 10 and 17 and was the last man to walk on the moon; and Walt Cunningham, who flew on Apollo 7

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

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

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

2007 Heroes of Conservation Awards Gala at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, with MSNBC commentator Tucker Carlson serving as host and Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the guest speakers. Awards were sponsored by Field and Stream Magazine and Toyota Motor Sales, USA.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the The Claremont Institute's 40th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills, California, on May 11, 2019.

US Senator Barack Obama speaking at Change We Need Presidential rally, October 30, 2008 at Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, VA

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

President Bill Clinton announces a commitment from the Nike Foundation to provide up to $1 million for research and education into how empowering women and girls helps break the cycle of poverty. Maria Eitel, President of the Nike Foundation and Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, President of the International Center for Research on Women, during the Clinton Global Initiative, September 17, 2005, in New York City.

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

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

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

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

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

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

George W. Bush speaking at Presidential Youth Forum at Anselm College, NH, January 2000

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

Billy Graham New York Crusade

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

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at Texas A&M University as part of the Wiley Lecture Series, in College Station, Texas, April 15, 2019.

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Former President Jimmy Carter at the 1992 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden, New York

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

Visit of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and writer-filmmaker Dayton Duncan to Main Interior, where they met with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and spoke in the auditorium about their upcoming release, The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, Historic Site Superintendent Keith Pruitt, and Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian of A and E Television's History Channel, for tours, remarks, interactions with National Park Service staff and visitors

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_008.jpg

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

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks as host of the Apollo 40th anniversary celebration held at the National Air and Space Museum, Monday, July 20, 2009 in Washington.

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

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Billy Graham New York Crusade

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall appearing as guest of honor at Department of Interior headquarters events celebrating the contributions of the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, Historic Site Superintendent Keith Pruitt, and Libby O'Connell, Chief Historian of A and E Television's History Channel, for tours, remarks, interactions with National Park Service staff and visitors

Actor John Travolta at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

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

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

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

Visit of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and writer-filmmaker Dayton Duncan to Main Interior, where they met with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and spoke in the auditorium about their upcoming release, The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Governor Bill Clinton's nomination speech at the 1992 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

Ralph Nader speaking from podium at 1992 campaign rally at Long Beach Arena, CA

George W. Bush listens, Rock singer, activist Bono speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC on February 2, 2006. Bono, President Bush, Senator Mark Pryor, AR. Senator Norm Coleman.

Visit of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and writer-filmmaker Dayton Duncan to Main Interior, where they met with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and spoke in the auditorium about their upcoming release, The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Visit of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and writer-filmmaker Dayton Duncan to Main Interior, where they met with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and spoke in the auditorium about their upcoming release, The National Parks: America's Best Idea

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame member Loren Shriver is introduced at NASAs Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, prior to the ceremony in which Bonnie Dunbar, Curt Brown and Eileen Collins will be inducted into the group of space pioneers.This induction is the twelfth group of space shuttle astronauts named to the AHOF, and the first time two women are inducted at the same time. The years inductees were selected by a committee of current Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, historians and journalists. The selection process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. For more on the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, go to http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/astronaut-hall-of-fame.aspx For more on the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, go to http://astronautscholarship.org/

President George Bush appearing at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, Oregon, for address on the Healthy Forests Initiative and environmental policy, following his visit to the site of the Squire Peak forest fire

U.S. President Ronald Reagan giving speech to members of The Royal Institute of International Affairs, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and U.S. First Lady looking on at right, Guildhall, London, England, UK, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, June 2, 1988

Former astronaut John Young addresses guests and attendees at a ceremony at the KSC Visitor Complex held in remembrance of the astronauts lost in the Apollo 1 fire: Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee. Members of their families, along with Associate Administrator for Space Operations William Gerstenmaier, President of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation Stephen Feldman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation William Potter and former astronaut John Young, attended the ceremony. Behind the stage is the Space Mirror Memorial, designated as a national memorial by Congress and President George Bush in 1991 to honor fallen astronauts. Their names are emblazoned on the monuments 42-1/2-foot-high by 50-foot-wide black granite surface as if to be projected into the heavens.

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

ED BEGLEY JR. in WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR (2006), directed by CHRIS PAINE.

National Park Foundation annual gala and fundraiser at the Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining First Lady Laura Bush, National Park Foundation Board member Roland Betts, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Regan Gammon, and Discovery Communications President and Chief Executive Officer David Zazlav among the dignitaries delivering remarks

United States, New York. President Lyndon Johnson speaking at the Statue of Liberty in July of 1969.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to San Gorgonio High School in San Bernardino, California, where the Secretary, a San Gorgonio alumnus, delivered the keynote address at the commencement ceremony, and posed with graduates and families

White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined participating dignitaries including Vice President Dick Cheney, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, and Sporting Conservation Council's Bob Model

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona to address the 65th Annual Convention of the National Congress of American Indians

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronaut William Shepherd addresses the spectators at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame after his induction in the ceremony held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Shepherd was commander of the first crew to live aboard the International Space Station. The ceremony took place May 2. More than 20 hall of fame astronauts attended, including Scott Carpenter, Walt Cunningham, Jim Lovell and Bob Crippen.

Former German tennis player Boris Becker at an event on 14 October 2020 in Dessau, former German tennis player Boris Becker at an event on October 14, 2020 in Dessau

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.

Secretary Gale Norton at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Madrid, 06/22/2021. Mariano de Cavia, Luca de Tena and Mingote Award for Javier Cercas, José María Carrascal and Ricardo. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. Archdc.

Actor, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 2005 honoree, Bruce Willis, speaking at the Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott Hand And Footprint Ceremony held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, USA on May 17, 2017. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21760341

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on �Celebrating Americanism in Our Foreign Policy� at the 101st National Convention of the American Legion, in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 27, 2019.

Vice President Al Gore campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination at Lakewood Park in Sunnyvale, California

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

LL Cool J, 2017 Kennedy Center Honoree delivers remarks after receiving his Kennedy Center Honor medal at the Kennedy Center Honor Dinner at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2017.

Seville, 03/13/2024. The writer, journalist and screenwriter, Leonardo Padura, winner of the 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature, gives the opening speech of the Book Fair. The director and commissioner of the 15th Tomares Book Fair, councillor Eloy Carmona. Photo: JM Serrano. ARCHSEV.

Sir Ridley Scott Hand And Footprint Ceremony held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, USA on May 17, 2017

Actor, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 2005 honoree, Bruce Willis, speaking at the Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

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

White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined participating dignitaries including Vice President Dick Cheney, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, and Sporting Conservation Council's Bob Model

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Press conference announcing the launch of the Trust of the National Mall, a nonprofit organization that will help raise private-sector funds needed for restoration and preservation of the National Mall. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined National Park Service Deputy Director Lindi Harvey, National Mall and Memorial Parks Superintendent Peggy O'Dell, Trust for the National Mall Chairman John "Chip" Akridge, Washington, D.C. Delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton, and other dignitaries at the event, which also included a brief civics lesson taught by an actor playing George Washington to a group of students from Anne Beers Elementary School in Washington, D.C.

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

William Shatner at The Space Crystals Immortalize Me, DNA On Moon launch event held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, USA on July 14, 2023

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Actor, and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 2005 honoree, Bruce Willis, speaking at the Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott Hand And Footprint Ceremony held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, USA on May 17, 2017. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21760296

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Max Raabe mit seinem Orchester auf Tournee. Hier in Schwaebisch Gmuend Baden-Wuerttemberg

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

Sir Ridley Scott Hand And Footprint Ceremony held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, USA on May 17, 2017

LeVar Burton speaks during the "National Symphony Orchestra Pops, Apollo 11: A 50th Anniversary, One Small Step, One Giant Leap" a program including musical acts, speakers, and images and video related to space, on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. NASA and the country are recognizing the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, in which astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin crewed the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon.

Sir Ridley Scott Hand And Footprint Ceremony held at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX in Hollywood, USA on May 17, 2017

Yuri's Night 2009 held at the California Acaemy of Sciences in San Francisco, California Right is Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

William Shatner William Shatner at The Space Crystals Immortalize Me - DNA On Moon launch event held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, USA on July 14, 2023. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Lumeimages.comx 21772841

2006 Family Heritage Awards Ceremony at the National Park Service's Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City, New York, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett among the speakers and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, author Frank McCourt, advertising executive Shelly Lazarus, and major league baseball's Tommy Lasorda among the featured awardees

William Shatner at The Space Crystals Immortalize Me, DNA On Moon launch event held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, USA on July 14, 2023

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