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Biden announces he is running for reelection in 2024

“In the absence of a clearly established successor who could guarantee a Democratic victory, the president sees himself as the main barrier between Donald Trump and the White House, notwithstanding polling numbers that suggest his own weakness,” said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “If President Biden does get reelected, he automatically enters the conversation about the most consequential presidents.”

Russell Riley

Comprehensive review of how U.S. handled pandemic lays out lessons learned

Why the United States fared so badly during the pandemic, especially when compared to other similar nations, was supposed to be one of the many questions examined by a national COVID-19 commission. But that commission was never launched. William Brangham spoke with the co-author of a new report that hopes to start that reckoning.

Philip Zelikow

It's Official! President Joe Biden is running for re-election

On the KNX Afternoon News: Barbara Perry Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia talks about the age factor in the probable re-match between Biden, age 80 and Trump, age 76.

Barbara Perry

How America Lost the COVID-19 War

The United States government has decided it is time to declare a formal end to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The end of the emergency is a time to reflect on what we have experienced and where we go from here.

Philip Zelikow

A closer look at the U.S. pandemic response reached an unsettling conclusion

This warning comes through over and over again in “Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report,” a book published Tuesday by a group of 34 specialists led by Philip Zelikow, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission and a history professor at the University of Virginia. Their verdict: “The leaders of the United States could not apply their country’s vast assets effectively enough in practice.”

Philip Zelikow

COVID Report Compares Pandemic to War, Reviews Nation's Response - UVA Today

The Covid Crisis Group formed in 2021 to review how the medical industry, federal, state and local agencies and the population, responded to the pandemic. Led by former 9/11 Commission Executive Director Philip Zelikow, UVA’s White Burkett Miller Professor of History, its goal was to find out what happened, why and how the country could do better.

Philip Zelikow