Veep transition begins Thursday

Vice President Dick Cheney, getting ready to hand off the job as the nation's second-in-command, will sit down with Vice President-elect Joe Biden today at the Naval Observatory. Cheney spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said Cheney and his wife, Lynne, have invited Biden and his wife, Jill, to their home at the observatory, the vice presidential residence. The meeting on the vice presidential transition follows the historic meeting that President Bush had Monday with President-elect Barack Obama. "The Cheneys and the Bidens will have a private meeting and then tour the residence," Mitchell said. The meeting will be more of a social call between Cheney and Biden, who both are steeped in foreign policy and national security issues. Biden, who has been chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has a grounding in both foreign... [read full story]