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

Panelists at the Brookings Institution

The Presidency

Navigating the first year

In cooperation with the Brookings Institution, we assembled some of the most effective and important advisors to the last five presidents to discuss the opportunities and challenges that will face the Trump administration.
William Anthollis
Miller Center
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American Defense and Security

Presidential daily briefs

What the creation of the PDBs can teach the next president about working with the intelligence community
Thomas Reinstein
Temple University
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War and Terrorism

Presidential transition: Somalia

The George H. W. Bush oral history project examines Somalia and the transition from Bush to Clinton
Bryan Craig
Miller Center
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Infrastructure

The long road

The next president should build upon existing infrastructure projects such as the interstate highway system
Francesca Russello Ammon
University of Pennsylvania