U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (center) waves upon arrival for the Munich Conference on Security Policy. He was welcomed by State Chancellery Chief Siegfried Schneider (second from right). The Munich Conference on Security Policy is an annual gathering of government officials, foreign and defense policy experts and journalists to discuss Trans-Atlantic security issues. Main agenda items for this year are Afghanistan, the future of NATO, European security, nuclear weapons and non-proliferation. On his first official visit abroad, Vice President Biden delivered the first major foreign policy speech of this administration. Photos by U.S. Mission Germany