Vice President Joe Biden walks and talks with U.S. Air Force General Douglas Fraser, commander of the U.S. Southern Command and Rear Adm. Steve Branham, commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District, on his way to a briefing on the current operations of the Haitian earthquake response in Homestead, Fla., Jan. 16. The Coast Guard is working closely with assisting agencies and first responders in response to earthquake relief in Haiti. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Blackwell)