Diplomatic Encounters

Informal moments among political leaders, highlighting gestures and discussions in various settings.

United States, Washington, D.C. President George H.W. Bush at a press conference in the East Room of the White House.

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a bullet mark left behind by a gunman outside the Library on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on October 28, 2014, as the Secretary visited to pay condolences following last week's attacks and for a series of bilateral meetings.

Rep. Emanuel Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., gestures as President Barack Obama drops by a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 30, 2010.

06/11/2001. Madrid 12-6-01. Visit of the President of the United States Bush to the Zarzuela Palace with the Kings. Photo Jose Garcia. Archdc.

Former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall with current Secretary Gale Norton against the backdrop of the Washington Monument, during events based at Department of Interior headquarters honoring the former Secretary and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Madrid, 03-25-2004 meeting at the Moncloa palace between JM-Aznar and Rodríguez shoemaker photo Jaime García.

President Barack Obama talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron following a G7 Leaders Meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine, at the Prime Minister's residence in The Hague, the Netherlands, March 24, 2014.

United States, Washington, D.C. President George H.W. Bush at a press conference in the East Room of the White House.

Madrid, 03/14/2019. Moncloa Palace. President Pedro Sánchez chairs the meeting with members of Culture and the 2030 agenda in the former Tapestry Hall, now remodeled the Barceló Hall. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

FRA - POLITIQUE - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, tête de liste du parti Debout La France aux élections européennes, en visite à Josselin en Bretagne.FRA - POLITICS - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, head of the list of the party Debout La France in the European elections, visiting Josselin in Brittany.

President Barack Obama talks with Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Vice President Joe Biden, following the Tax Deliquency Memorandum signing in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House, Jan. 20, 2010.

Mike Huckabee campaigning through Iowa.

Arizona Senator John McCain with Secretary Gale Norton during events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

Madrid, 01/05/2016. Zinedine Zidane's first press conference as coach of the Real Madrid first team. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Musician and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow speaks at the Capitol with the National Breast Cancer Coalition

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Daniel Baer after arriving in Vienna, Austria, on October 29, 2015, for a series of multilateral meetings about the future of Syria.

Behind the Scenes: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake visits Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on September 1, 2010.

Former Vice President Al Gore testifies about global climate change on Capitol HIll

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in the Arctic Council Ministers Family Photo in Rovaniemi, Finland, on May 7, 2019.

Salamanca, 05/10/2018. Monterrey Palace. Interview with Carlos Fitz James Duke of Abla, in one of the rooms of the palace. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kyiv, Ukraine, before he addresses the staff and family members of the U.S. Embassy Kyiv after attending a series of governmental meetings on July 7, 2016.

Secretary Gale Norton, left, and Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter speaking to reporters during visit to Philadelphia to tour the Chestnut Street area around Independence Hall, and to discuss the issue of reopening the Chestnut block closed to traffic since the September, 2001 terrorist attacks on U.S

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine walk to Bridenstine's office, Monday, April 23, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres, at the Department of State, October 23, 2018.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with students from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Tisch College on September 24, 2016, at Gifford House on the campus of Tufts University in Medford, Mass., before a meeting with the Quintet ministers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) pictured welcoming Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia, to the Federal Chancellery with military honours in Berlin, 12.04.2024

U.S. Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna Henry Ensher greets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he deplanes at Vienna International Airport in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016, to attend a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

Harry Reid voted Senate Majority Leader

Former President George H.W. Bush, with former First Lady Barbara Bush to his left and Secretary Gale Norton to his right, at ceremony at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C., featuring unveiling of dedication panel for statue of Roosevelt in wheelchair

Arrival ceremonies for Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4:50PM. President John F. Kennedy visits with Prime Minister of Great Britain, Harold Macmillan (center left, with back to camera), and Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore, following their arrival at the White House from Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, stands at left; unidentified photographers stand at far right. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets with UK Minister for Europe and the Americas Wendy Morton at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo speaks to the traveling press shortly after departing Joint Base Andrews, January 7, 2019. Secretary Pompeo will travel to Amman, Jordan; Cairo, Egypt; Manama, Bahrain; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Doha, Qatar; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Muscat, Oman; and Kuwait City, Kuwait, January 8-15.

Photograph of King Hussein I, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, meeting with Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen at the Pentagon. Dated 1997

Barcelona, 07/14/2017. Writer Michael Connelly poses for the media. Photo: Inés Baucells ARCHCD.

Visit of United Kingdom's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to Washington, D.C., with protective detail personnel providing security

U.S. President Ronald Reagan waving to crowd outside Hilton Hotel shortly before assassination attempt, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, March 30, 1981

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo holds a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, in Warsaw, Poland, on August 15, 2020.

President Bush makes a statement to the media with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora

Dirk Kempthorne sworn in as Secretary of the Interior at White House ceremony led by President George W. Bush, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

President Barack Obama signs in the 'Golden Book' with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Dresden Castle in Dresden, Germany, June 5, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves to the crowd, as they gathered in the main lobby of the Department's Harry S. Truman building, before delivering farewell remarks on January 19, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with employees and family members after he and President Obama addressed the Tri-Mission Rome staff to Italy, the Holy See, and UN agencies in Rome on March 27, 2014.

President Bush makes a statement to the media with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora

Graceland Mansion, home of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee, designated as National Historic Landmark

JOHN KENT HARRISON in CROSSROADS: A STORY OF FORGIVENESS (2007), directed by JOHN KENT HARRISON.

President George W. Bush walks from the Oval Office of the White House to Marine One on the first leg of his trip to Lima, Peru on November 21, 2008.

Mike Huckabee campaigning through Iowa.

John McCain and George H. W. Bush

President Barack Obama waits back stage to be introduced at an event in Indianapolis, May 17, 2009.

President George W. Bush

Madrid, 11/20/2015. Interview with the French Ambassador to Spain Yves Saint-Geours. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich views U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd's joint press conference in Melbourne, Australia, on November 7, 2010.

Meeting of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in Brest. Brest, on February 28, 2017, the candidate for the presidential election of France Insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon held a public meeting broadcast live on his channel You Tube. Meeting de Jean-Luc Mélenchon à Brest. Brest, le 28 Février 2017, le candidat à l'élection présidentielle de la France Insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon a tenu une réunion publique retransmise en direct sur sa chaine You Tube.

McCain and Obama at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2008.

Madrid, 02/17/2020. The President of the Government Pedro Sánchez receives the president of the Popular Party, Pablo Casado in La Moncloa. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

FRA - POLITICS - JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN ET NATHALIE LOISEAU À RENNESDans le cardre de la capagne pour les élections européennes, Nathalie Loiseau, tête de liste Renaissance (La République En Marche et MODEM), et Jean Yves Le Drian, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, se sont rendu à Rennes.FRA - POLITICS - JEAN-YVES LE DRIAN AND NATHALIE REINDEER BIRDIn the heart of the campaign for the European elections, Nathalie Loiseau, head of the Renaissance list (La République En Marche and MODEM), and Jean Yves Le Drian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, went to Rennes.

Samuel A. Alito, Supreme Court judicial nominee confirmation hearing

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at political memorabilia in the office of University of Chicago Institute of Politics Director David Axelrod at the UChicago campus in Chicago, Illinois, during a visit to the city on October 26, 2016, which was also to include a speech before the Council on Global Affairs.

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

Mexico, Los Pinos Presidential Estate, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice greets Mexican Foreign Minister Ernesto Luiz Derbez

President Barack Obama reviews his health care speech aboard Marine One en route to the White House from Andrews Air Force Base Sept. 9, 2009.

The first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi on September 26, 2008

FRA - POLITIQUE - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, tête de liste du parti Debout La France aux élections européennes, en visite à Josselin en Bretagne.FRA - POLITICS - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, head of the list of the party Debout La France in the European elections, visiting Josselin in Brittany.

Parlament de Catalunya. Gregorio López Raimundo (1914-2007), político comunista español, líder del Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya-Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya - PSUC, y Lluís Maria Xirinacs Damians (1932-2007), sacerdote y político pacifista catalán. Septiembre de 1977.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and U.S. President-elect George H.W. Bush traveling via limousine to United States Capitol on inauguration day, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, January 20, 1989

Madrid, 06/04/2019. Interview with Simon Manley, ambassador of the United Kingdom in Spain. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

John McCain third debate

Nigel Alexander Dodds (born 1958), Northern Irish barrister and unionist politician. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast North, and has been deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since June 2008. He has been Lord Mayor of Belfast twice, and from 1993 has been General Secretary of the DUP

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby stand outside Lambeth Palace in London, U.K, on January 16, 2017, after they held a private meeting to speak about world reconciliation efforts.

Former President George H.W. Bush standing next to dedication panel, just unveiled, for statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in wheelchair, during ceremony at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. Bush contributed to six-year campaign to add the statue with wheelchair to Memorial

France, Bruz on 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, former chief Brexit negotiator and presidential candidate, at the SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, at the Parc des Expositions in Rennes. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bruz le 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, ancien negociateur en chef du Brexit et candidat a l election presidentielle, au SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, au Parc des Expositions de Rennes. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Stephen Hawking at TED conference with his wife. Stephen William Hawking PhD, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist.

Former US President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with US President George W. Bush during the grand opening ceremony of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, AK 18 November 2004.

Rudy Giuliani Campaigning Through Iowa

President George W. Bush walks back to the Oval Office after a South Lawn event on November 12, 2008.

FRA - POLITIQUE - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, tête de liste du parti Debout La France aux élections européennes, en visite à Josselin en Bretagne.FRA - POLITICS - NICOLAS DUPONT-AIGNANNicolas Dupont Aignan, head of the list of the party Debout La France in the European elections, visiting Josselin in Brittany.

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with former President George H.W. Bush after inspecting statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in wheelchair, during visit to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C., for ceremonial unveiling of dedication panel for the statue

Madrid, 01/10/2018. Miguel Herrero de Miñón in the commission on constitutional reform in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to reporters outside No. 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., on July 19, 2016, after becoming the first U.S. government official to hold a bilateral meeting with newly installed sits with British Prime Minister Theresa May.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, thanks JPL Deputy Director Lt. Gen. (Ret) Larry James, JPL Director Michael Watkins, JPL Distinguished Visiting Scientist and Spouse of UAG Chairman James Ellis, Elisabeth Pate-Cornell , UAG Chairman, Admiral (Ret) James Ellis , and California Institute of Technology President Thomas Rosenbaum, right, for giving him a tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Pasadena, California.

Madrid, 02/13/02017. Interview with the writer Enrique Vila Matas. Photo: Ángel de Antonio Archdc.

Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, (born 1948), British author, medieval historian and former senior judge.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is interviewed by Entertainment Tonight after arriving on the red carpet for a screening of the film "Ad Astra" at National Geographic Society, Monday, September 16, 2019 in Washington. The film stars Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride who travels deep into the solar system in hopes of solving a mystery that threatens life on Earth.

Mexico, Los Pinos Presidential Estate, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice meets with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Foreign Minister Ernesto Luiz Derbez

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with European Parliament President David Sassoli in Brussels, Belgium on September 3, 2019.

Former President Bill Clinton meets the crowd at a Santa Barbara City College campaign rally in 1996, Santa Barbara, California

RICHARD GERE and TOPHER GRACE in THE DOUBLE (2011), directed by MICHAEL BRANDT.

John Edwards campaigning through Iowa.

Madrid, 10/05/2018. Minister council. In the image, José Guirao Cabrera, Minister of Culture and Sports. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Actor Michael Douglas is interviewed by members of the U.S. Department of State's press corps during his visit to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on November 3, 2011.

France, Bruz on 16/09/202. Richard Ferrand, President of the French National Assembly at the SPACE, international animal production exhibition, at the Rennes exhibition centre. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bruz le 16/09/202. Richard Ferrand, President de l Assemblee Nationale au SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, au Parc des Expositions de Rennes. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits portraits of Cardinal Mindszenty and Carl Lutz in Budapest, Hungary on February 11, 2019.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

John Healey arrives to give media interviews, after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. John Healey (born 1960); British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wentworth and Dearne since 1997 and Shadow Secretary of State for Housing since 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with speaks with reporters on December 6, 2016, as he arrives at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for a NATO Ministerial Session.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo arrives in Houston, Texas in advance of his Special Keynote Address at CERAWeek.

John McCain second Presidential Debate

United States President, Joseph Biden talks with local state leadership and Oregon Air National Guard leadership upon arriving at Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon on Oct. 14, 2022. This is President Bidens second visit to the state this year.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, photographed during his participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos. Here during an interview for Bloomberg. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance

FRA - POLITIQUE - MEETING DE JEAN-LUC MELENCHON ET MANON AUBRYJeudi 28 mars, Jean-Luc Mélenchon et Manon Aubry, tête de liste aux élections européennes de La France Insoumise, tiennent un meeting de campagne.FRA - POLITICS - MEETING OF JEAN-LUC MELENCHON AND AUBRY MANONOn Thursday 28 March, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Manon Aubry, head of the list in the European elections of La France Insoumise, are holding a campaign meeting.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers questions about developments in Iraq after touring the famed exploring ship HMB Endeavour, docked at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney Harbor, as part of an ocean conservation event in Sydney, Australia, on August 11, 2014.

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