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

The Presidency

By the Book: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 34th president

Will Hitchcock

University of Virginia

Economic Issues

What kind of society?

Kimberly Phillips-Fein writes about fiscal policy as a reflection of our social priorities

Kimberly Phillips-Fein

New York University

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The Presidency

First Words: Franklin Roosevelt, March 4, 1933

In his first speech as president, FDR likened the Great Depression to a foreign enemy

Tom van der Voort

Miller Center

American Defense and Security

Sober Decision

The next president must weigh carefully the decision to go to war

Slade Gorton

Miller Center

Keywords

The Presidency

Five keywords for the next president

Five keywords that will help the next president face global crises

Will Hitchcock

University of Virginia

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Economic Issues

Grab hold of the levers

Eight presidents confronted a major domestic financial crisis in the first year of their administrations—a sobering reminder that a new president can either harness the power of the nation’s economy, or be run over by it.

Bob Bruner

Miller Center