MIAMI - Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with with Rear Adm. Steve Branham, commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District and U.S. Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, commander of the U.S. Southern Command, after 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)