best photos of 2015 from the white house

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Best Photos of 2015 from the White House

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Feb. 23, 2015The President’s daughter Malia, she wiped something from his face.

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza,

David Lienemann, Amanda Lucidon,

Chuck Kennedy, David Lienemann

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Jan. 22, 2015Lawrence, Kan. at the Community Children’s Center–one of the nation’s oldest Head Start providers.

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Feb. 27, 2015this scene at dusk as the President entered the Outer Oval Office with Shaun Donovan.

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March 7, 2015the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches. the President and First Lady holding hands.

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March 7, 2015The First Family joined others in beginning the walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

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March 7, 2015boarded Air Force One at Maxwell Air Force Base following the events in Selma. the President is whistling as he follows the First Lady, Marian Robinson, and Malia on the stairs.

Whistling吹著口哨

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March 20, 2015At the Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.

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March 24, 2015The President concluded a joint press conference with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House .

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March 27, 2015The First Lady snuggled against the President during a video taping for the 2015 World Expo in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.

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March 31, 2015Conducted secure video conferences from the Situation Room while the negotiators were on the ground in Switzerland.

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April 9, 2015The President’s wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One at Norman Manley International Airport prior to departure from Kingston, Jamaica.

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April 11, 2015The President and Cuban President Raúl Castro during the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama.

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April 14, 2015The Queen of Soul — Aretha Franklin — was waiting for her cue during ‘The Gospel Tradition: In Performance at the White House’

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April 16, 2015The President was about to sign H.R. 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 in the Rose Garden of the White House.

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April 27, 2015The Lincoln Memorial ahead of the President and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to capture this scene of the two looking towards the Washington Monument.

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April 29, 2015An amusing moment as the President made a last minute plea with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., following their meeting at the White House.

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April 29, 2015Visiting wounded warriors at Walter Reed, the President signed a patient’s military banner at his request.

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May 12, 2015The First Lady demonstrates her boxing skills during a #GimmeFive video taping.

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May 14, 2015The President had hosted a summit meeting at Camp David with the Gulf Cooperation Council.

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May 18, 2015After returning on Marine One, the President walks from the helicopter to the Oval Office holding an umbrella.

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May 18, 2015Show the Jeremy dance, during a farewell ceremony for Jeremy in the State Dining Room of the White House.

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June 4, 2015At the President’s insistence, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes brought his daughter Ella by for a visit.

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June 6, 2015The President hugs Vice President Joe Biden after delivering a eulogy during the funeral mass for Beau Biden at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del.

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June 8, 2015At the G7 Summit in Krün, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the leaders and outreach guests to make their way to a bench for a group photograph. The President happened to sit down first. ....like a couple of frames.

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June 11, 2015The annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park, photo for posterity.

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June 12, 2015To discuss the upcoming vote on fast-track Trade Promotion Authority, the President took his case directly to the House Democratic Caucus at the U.S. Capitol.

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June 15, 2015Here the President is reflected in the mirror as he talks with Amy Rosenbaum, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and the Vice President in the Outer Oval Office.

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June 18, 2015The First Lady and First Lady Agnese Landini of Italy tour the Mirror Room in the Italian Pavilion at the World Expo in Milan, Italy.

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June 23, 2015The President checks out a thunderstorm brewing outside.

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June 26, 2015Following the mass shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., that claimed nine lives, the President pauses while giving the eulogy at the funeral of one of the victims.

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July 10, 2015Guests line up in the State Dining Room to have their picture taken with the First Lady prior to the Kids’ State Dinner.

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July 13, 2015The President and his national security staff are all smiles shortly after being notified of the nuclear agreement with Iran.

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July 17, 2015The President greets nine-month-old Josephine Gronniger, whose father, Tim Gronniger, brought his family by the Oval Office for a family photo.

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July 17, 2015While visiting the Whitney Museum in New York City, the President hugged his daughter Malia as they looked at the art work.

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July 18, 2015The President greets the cast and crew of ‘Hamilton’ after seeing the play with his daughters at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.

July 20, 2015There’s almost always a cloak and dagger routine in trying to surprise senior staff aides on their birthday.

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July 21, 2015Underneath a picturesque sky, the President boards Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

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July 29, 2015There are formal meetings listed on the President’s schedule. Here the President has an unscheduled meeting.

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August 4, 2015On his birthday, the President listens to a prayer during a phone call with pastors.

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August 4, 2015The President reacts to a comment during a meeting in the Cabinet Room with American Jewish community leaders to discuss the Iran nuclear agreement.

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Sept. 4, 2015Four-year-old Malik Hall greets the President, almost in disbelief, before a departure photo with Malik’s uncle Maurice Owens, center, and his family.

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Sept. 21, 2015The President exchanges a wave with Alya Dorelien Bitar, one-year-old daughter of Maher Bitar, the outgoing National Security Council Director for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs, and his wife, Astrid Dorelien, during a family photo in the Oval Office.

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Sept. 23, 2015The President and Pope Francis,they walked along the Colonnade. 44

Sept. 28, 2015The President had a pull-aside conversation with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine prior to the Leaders Summit on Peacekeeping at the United Nations in New York City.

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Oct. 1, 2015Focused on the detail of the Resolute Desk as the President was talking with two aides in the Oval Office.

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Sept. 29, 2015The President asked everyone to leave the room so he could have a private conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi following the Leaders Summit on Countering ISIL and Countering Violent Extremism at the United Nations.

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Oct. 11, 2015The President was playing golf at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif.wedding ,The bride and groom , their way outside.

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Oct. 16, 2015The sun illuminated the President as he spoke on the telephone with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

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Oct. 21, 2015When Vice President Biden decided not to run for President, he asked to make the announcement in the Rose Garden.

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Oct. 23, 2015Afternoon autumn light bathes the President as he works at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.

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Oct. 26, 2015Knock on wood–the Resolute Desk–in hopes that the budget would pass through Congress.

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Oct. 27, 2015Selfie in the East Room with the United States Women’s National Soccer Team celebrating their victory in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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Oct. 30, 2015Daughter of Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes. The same child has made two appearances in the Year in Photos.

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Nov. 2, 2105At dusk, the President boards Marine One at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.

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Nov. 3, 2015The President high-fives Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., in the Oval Office.

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Nov. 15, 2015The President meets with President Putin of Russia on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey.

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Nov. 17, 2015With Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia as they concluded their meeting in Manila.

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Nov. 24, 2015With the U.S. Marine Band playing the score from the movie, ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,’ the President feigns riding a bicycle in the sky.

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Nov. 25, 2015The President and his daughters Sasha and Malia participate in the annual National Thanksgiving Turkey pardon ceremony in the Rose Garden.

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Dec. 4, 2015The President acquiesced to a selfie with 11-year-old Jacob Haynes and four-year-old James Haynes after taking a family photograph with departing White House staffer Heather Foster.

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Dec. 5, 2015A rare moment of weekend laughter with the President’s key national security aides,as they joke about a cartoon in the New Yorker that resembled the three women.

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Dec. 6, 2015The President addressed the nation on the mass shootings in San Bernardino and defeating terrorism.

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Dec. 7, 2015Comedian Jerry Seinfeld knocks on the Oval Office window to begin a segment for his series, ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

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Dec. 22, 2015The President has hiked the grueling Koko Head Crater Trail,the trail is 1,048 wooden steps, which climb more than 1,200 feet up the crater’s ridge. Some call it the ‘Stairmaster from Hell.

January 1, 2016 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from The White House. THE END 65