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National security team briefing Obama on Ukraine

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Ukrainian soldiers carry garbage outside the Ukrainian infantry base in Perevalne, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The Group of 7 world leaders said in a statement released from the White House on Wednesday that they won't recognize results of a referendum for the Crimea region to split from Ukraine and join Russia.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

In Crimea, uncertainty grips Ukraine’s military

By MIKE ECKEL - Associated Press

Minnesota man seeks son’s return from Ukraine

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Hoeven joins senators’ economic mission to Ukraine

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a press conference at the Russian Ambassador's residence in London, Friday, March 14, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke following a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Kerry: US won’t recognize Crimea vote

By LARA JAKES and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD - Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday, March 8, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speak during the ice sledge hockey match between Russia and South Korea of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Lviv Olympic bid still in play amid Ukraine crisis

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Ohio Democrat (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur: GOP leaders need to ‘get their act together’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

This undated photo released Thursday, May 30, 2013 by aerospace technology company Northrop Grumman shows the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft that students in the University of North Dakota aviation program will learn to fly. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Northrup Grumman)

Russia claims to have downed U.S. drone over Crimea region; Pentagon denies

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Ukrainian oligarch faces US corruption charge

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

A member of the Crimean self defense stops a man at the main railway station in Simferopol, Ukraine, Friday, March 14, 2014. Members of the Crimean self defense forces check the luggage and identity documents of passengers arriving by train, especially from western Ukrainian cities or the capital, to Simferopol, looking for what they label as provocateurs, ahead of the March 16 referendum that will ask residents if they want the territory to become part of Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

As Ukraine crisis simmers, U.S. transport planes heading to Poland

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Lisa Bundy, foreground center, of Montgomery, Ala., hugs her father, Wayne Munsch, and friend Pat Creppel, both of New Orleans, upon returning to American soil, Friday, March 14, 2014, at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. Lisa and daughter Nastia returned from Ukraine after finalizing Nastia's adoption there. (AP Photo/AL.com, Julie Bennett)

Alabama family reunited after adoptions in Ukraine

By ALEX SANZ AND PHILLIP RAWLS - Associated Press

In this photo taken Saturday, March 8, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin watches downhill ski competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Roza Khutor mountain district of Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Half of Americans worried about second Cold War: poll

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Pentagon sending ready-to-eat meals to Ukraine

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Naval exercise on hold due to Ukraine tensions

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Kremlin blocks opposition websites; Kasparov fears Putin plans ‘something drastic’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

**FILE** Retired Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 6, 2007. (Associated Press)

James Jones: Rejecting Keystone pipeline would embolden Putin

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A member of a self defense volunteer group poses for a photograph next to a barricade located near the entrance to the Dynamo Kyiv soccer club stadium in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)

Hardcore soccer fans to help police in Ukraine

By MARK RACHKEVYCH - Associated Press

Cars make their way past barricades placed on a road near the Dynamo Kyiv soccer club stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)

Hardcore football fans to help police in Ukraine

By MARK RACHKEVYCH - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin thanks Paralympics for eschewing politics

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press