President-elect George W. Bush and Vice President-elect Dick Cheney talk to reporters before their meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton, U.S. Army, and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen in the Tank in the Pentagon on Jan. 10, 2001. Bush, Cheney and members of their National Security team met with Cohen and Shelton and received a briefing from the Joint Chiefs. The Tank is the secure conference room of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.