Presidency of Arlene Antonio-Song

The presidency of Arlene Antonio-Song began at 8:00 AM EST on January 20, 2000, when Arlene Antonio-Song became the 43rd President of the United States upon the resignation of Harvey Jones and her subsequent inauguration in the Rose Garden of the White House. Antonio-Song, a Republican, was the 45th Vice President of the United States at the time of her inauguration. It ended at noon EST on January 20, 2001, upon the inauguration of Ricardo Garcia.

Political scholars say that the Antonio-Song presidency is ideologically liberal, with the administration producing liberal policies that will likely be passed by the Democratic supermajorities in Congress, and vice versa. Despite being a Republican, she is seen as more liberal than her predecessor, Harvey Jones, and served alongside a Democratic vice president, Claire Serrano, who was nominated in her inaugural address.

Upon taking office, Antonio-Song became the first female and first Asian American president in U.S. history, as well as the first president born outside of the continental United States and the first president to be born in a U.S. territory (at the time of her birth, Hawaii was not yet a U.S. state).

Cabinet
In her inaugural address, Antonio-Song announced the nomination of Claire Serrano to serve as Vice President of the United States, the office she held before becoming president. Antonio-Song opted to keep all of her predecessor's Cabinet members in her administration.

White House staff
Like with her Cabinet, Antonio-Song opted to keep all of her predecessor's White House staffers. As a result, Bradley Scott continued his service as White House Chief of Staff and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff kept their posts.

Judicial nominations
Antonio-Song did not make any judicial nominations during her presidency as no vacancies were created on the Supreme Court during her presidency.