President Bush meets with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and his staff at the Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2001. From left to right is Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Bush, and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice. Bush inspected the site of the terrorist attack on the building to thank the men and women who assisted in containing the fires and rescuing victims.