Presidential Speeches

Images of a U.S. President delivering speeches, set against formal backdrops with flags, highlighting leadership moments.

President G W Bush campaigns at an Ask President Bush event at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, VA on August 9, 2004.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - 14th National Marine Sanctuary President George W. Bush and Secretary Gutierrez

Office of the Secretary - President of the United States (POTUS) George W Bush Visit to Department of Labor (DOL) with Secretary Elaine Chao

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

President Bush speaks to reporters.

President Bush remarks to the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education

President G W Bush campaigns at an Ask President Bush event at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, VA on August 9, 2004.

President George Bush giving press conference, at Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., 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 Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

President Bush visits a D.C. elementary school and comments on No Child Left Behind

President Bush attends a New Jersey Republican fundraiser

President Bush meets with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

President George W. Bush answers a reporter's question at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 11, 2006.

President George Bush giving press conference, at Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., concerning the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on oil, natural gas production, refining, distribution in Gulf of Mexico region

President GW Bush makes remarks on the economy in the East Room of the White House on July 2, 2004.

President Bush visits a D.C. elementary school and comments on No Child Left Behind

President George Bush giving press conference, at Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., concerning the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on oil, natural gas production, refining, distribution in Gulf of Mexico region

President George Bush giving press conference, at Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., concerning the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on oil, natural gas production, refining, distribution in Gulf of Mexico region

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

President Bush speaks to Freedom House members on the situation in Iraq

President Bush holds press conference in the Rose Garden

President Bush remarks to the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education

President of the united states of America George W. Bush

President Bush visits a D.C. elementary school and comments on No Child Left Behind

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President Bush attends swearing-in of John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State

President Bush speaks to reporters along side Britain's Tony Blair

United States, State of Virginia, Annandale. President George W. Bush campaigns at an Ask President Bush event at Northern Virginia Community College on August 9, 2004.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President Bush speaks to National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC

President Bush meets with Tony Saca, President of El Salvador in the Oval Office

President Bush comments on the Iraq War supplemental in the East Room of the White House

President Bush visits a D.C. elementary school and comments on No Child Left Behind

President Bush remarks to the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks about Social Security reform

President George W. Bush speaks before he signs HR.6111, the Tax Relief and Health Care Bill in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 20, 2006.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with Kenyan Foreign Secretary Amina Mohamed following a series of meetings on August 22, 2016, at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

President Bush attends wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon, commemorating 5th anniversary of 911 attacks

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President George W. Bush speaks at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC on April 18, 2007.

President Bush holds press conference to defend stance on Iraq

President Bush departs via Marine One, enroute Oklahoma State Univsersity

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President Bush attends Victory 2006 Rally in Georgia

President George W. Bush speaks at the 56th National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. on February 7, 2008.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Center for American Progress� 10-year Anniversary Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2013.

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

George W. Bush addressing the New Hampshire Presidential Candidates Youth Forum, Manchester, NH January 2000

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President Bush speaks on the global war on terror, one week from the 3-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq

U.S. President George H.W. Bush at his Oval Office desk, White House, Washington, D.C., USA, Michael Geissinger, 1989

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 George Bush at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao and President George W Bush at the Women's Conference on Small Business

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

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

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks about Social Security reform

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley, speaks at a ceremony on November 16, 2015, during which he lit up the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France, in the French tricolor in a sign of solidarity following a terrorist attack on the capital city last week.

President Bush departs the south lawn for campaigning out west

George W. Bush speaking at Rotary Club, Portsmouth, NH in 2000

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, addresses reporters on October 24, 2015, at Amman Marka Airport in Amman, Jordan, after the Secretary mediated talks between Israeli and Jordanian leaders about ways to calm tensions at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses U.S. military and diplomatic personnel during a speech at the Yongsan Army Garrison amid a visit to Seoul, Republic of Korea, on May 18, 2015.

U.S. President Bill Clinton addressing the National League of Cities Legislative conference, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA, Barbara Kinney, White House photographer, March 8, 1993

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

President George W. Bush answers a reporter's question at a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 14, 2006.

President Bush attends a New Jersey Republican fundraiser

Joseph 'Joe' Biden, Jr. (born November 20, 1942) 47th and current Vice President of the United States since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was a United States Senator from Delaware from 1973 until 2009.

President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-6-255. POTUS in ATC hangar, with Sen. Sessions at left and AL Gov. Riley behind. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. President Ronald Reagan visiting Oak Hollow Development construction site, Arlington, Texas, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, April 12, 1984

President Bush participates in swearing-in ceremony of Samuel Alito

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld holds a press conference at the Pentagon

President Bush departs via Marine One, enroute Oklahoma State Univsersity

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with an audience of the Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations about the U.S./E.U./P5+1 Iranian nuclear deal at Yeshiva University in New York, N.Y., on July 24, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his opening remarks before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on February 25, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., as he testified about the Obama Administration's 2017 federal budget proposal.

John McCain gives a keynote address in Washington, DC.

Vice President Mike Pence speaks to NASA employees, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018 at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The Vice President visited NASA to discuss the progress on Space Policy Directive 1 (SPD-1) with NASA leadership.

President H W. Bush, Bush 41, answers a reporter's question

President Bush speaks to National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC

George W. Bush speaking at Rotary Club, Portsmouth, NH in 2000

Oregon Senator Gordon Smith at events at Department of Interior headquarters honoring former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall and the late Congressman Morris Udall

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.

President Bush delivers the state of the union

George W. Bush speaking at campaign rally, Burbank, CA in 2000

President Bush delivers the state of the union

President Bush holds press conference to defend stance on Iraq

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Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. speaks to the National Governors Association in the State Dining room of the White House on February 25, 2013.

President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a press conference at the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas, August 21, 2002. Rumsfeld flew in from Was

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader speaks to reporters after a Senate Republican Luncheon on December 8, 2015

President George Bush addressing Summit of U.S. University Presidents on International Education, Dean Acheson Auditorium

Vice President Cheney participates in memorial ceremonies for the September 11 attacks

Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) / Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) Joint Opening Session at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2015. The Vice President is joined by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, and their Chinese co-chairs, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice Premier Wang Yang, along with members of the Chinese delegation and their U.S. colleagues.

President George W. Bush waves to photographers as he leaves the east Room of the White House after making remarks on the Mid-Session Review on Julyy 11, 2006.

Senator John McCain R-AZ talks with media after a meeting with White House officals on detainees at Guantanomo. The meeting was held at the U.S. Capitol on September 21, 2006.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld holds a press conference at the Pentagon

Romney campaigns in Iowa

US Senator Mark Warner speaking at Barack Obama Presidential Rally at Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, VA, October 30, 2008

President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush at Preserve America Presidential Awards, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., honoring staff of The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts; Texas Historic Trails; Bolduc Properties, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri; Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia

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