The Presidency / The First Year

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Joe Biden at one year

Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office

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Donald Trump at one year

White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days

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First Year Project Introduction

Watch this overview of the First Year Project

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Elections

Time, spectacle, and the success of the next president

In just one year, America will inaugurate a new president. What the winning candidate says in the coming months of 2016 may well determine success or failure during the new president’s critical first year in 2017.
William J. Antholis
Miller Center

The Presidency

Day one of the Carter presidency

On January 21, 1977, one day after his inauguration as president, Jimmy Carter issued a proclamation to pardon Vietnam War draft evaders.
Sheila Blackford
Miller Center
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American Defense and Security

Best practices

The next commander in chief will have to contend with a more intangible though quite serious problem: growing uncertainty about the nature of U.S. global leadership going forward.
Michèle Flournoy
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Governance

Smaller but sharper

Imagine a new president who sets a tone of governance among a team of top-flight senior managers who are determined to restore the confidence and trust that Americans once had in their great public institutions. 
Philip Zelikow
Miller Center