"U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden (L) talks to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani during a meeting in Baghdad January 12, 2009.""U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden arrives at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Regional Command South Headquarters to receive a briefing on activities of coalition forces in Southern Afghanistan January 11, 2009 .""Vice President-elect Joe Biden shakes hands with a NATO soldier after arriving at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul January 10, 2009. Biden met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and military leaders on Saturday in Afghanistan, which will become a top foreign policy priority of the new administration ."