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President Obama said he got "all worked up" at a press conference Monday when he was questioned about his administration's foreign policy. (Associated Press)

Obama admits uncertainty on Russian sanctions, but he is quick to defend foreign policy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ukrainian government troops guard a checkpoint near the village of Dolina, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Ukrainian authorities are undertaking a security operation to liberate the nearby city of Slovyansk, which is currently controlled by an armed pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Observers held in Ukraine speak under armed guard

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a media meeting organized by the Russian People's Front in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Russia&#8217;s President Vladimir Putin has mocked the Internet as a CIA project and pledged to protect Russia&#8217;s interest in the online industry. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

U.S. placing new round of sanctions on Russia

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian government soldier aims his weapon as he guards a checkpoint near the village of Dolina, 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 26, 2014. Ukrainian authorities are undertaking a security operation to liberate the nearby city of Slovyansk, which is currently controlled by an armed pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Foreign military observers held in east Ukraine

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Joint Chiefs chairman describes talk with Russians

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

IBF, WBA, WBO and IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko from Ukraine, right, knocks down his Australian challenger Alex Leapai during their heavyweight world title bout in Oberhausen, western Germany, Saturday, April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Klitschko KOs Leapai in 5th

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Man in human-trafficking case can’t go to Ukraine

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U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the Blue House, Friday, April 25, 2014, in Seoul, South Korea. The U.S. and Europe are laying the groundwork to sanction broad sections of Russia's economy if Moscow invades eastern Ukraine, Obama said Friday, even as he acknowledged those sanctions may fail to deter Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama presses European allies to ramp up economic pressure on Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during his meeting with his Lebanese counterpart Gibran Bassil in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: West wants ‘to seize control of Ukraine’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a welcome ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, Friday, April 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Pool)

Obama reassures allies: I can juggle many foreign crises

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to the media aboard a plane en route for his trip to Mexico City Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Shannon Stapleton, Pool)

Russian jets enter Ukrainian airspace; Pentagon calls for nation to ‘deescalate the situation’

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks to South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin on the phone from his aircraft after he finished the last stop in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, of his Asian Pacific trip April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

Chuck Hagel can’t get Russian defense counterpart on phone

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Black smoke billows from burning tires at a checkpoint following an attack by Ukrainian troops outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Ukrainian government troops moved against pro-Russia forces in the east of the country on Thursday and killed at least two of them in clashes at checkpoints manned by the insurgents, the government and insurgents said. Russian President Vladimir Putin decried what he described as a &quot;punitive operation.&quot; (AP Photo/Mika Velikovskiy)

Ukraine moves against insurgents in the east

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Russian officers gesticulate to the driver of Russian tank T-72B at the Ostryakovo railway station not far from Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russian tanks T-72B will be stationed on former Ukrainian military bases. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia plans new military exercises near border with Ukraine

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston/File)

Inside the Ring: Critical Ukraine aid report

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - This April 2, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fresh voices in the U.S. Senate are speaking loudly on foreign policy, a new generation of Republicans and Democrats who reflect a war-weary nation cautious about America’s next moves. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Senate’s newest class speaks out on foreign policy

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

This is reportedly the first image captured of Vice News reporter Simon Ostrovsky since his capture in Ukraine. (J-Francois Belanger)

Vice News reporter kidnapped in Ukraine is freed after being beaten, blindfolded

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry accuses Russia of failing to live up to commitments it made to ease the crisis in Ukraine. The U.S. brokered an agreement last week in Geneva that both sides blame the other for breaking through actions this week. (Associated Press)

U.S. warns Russia on military posturing; Putin blames violence on Ukrainian army

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, a Ukrainian guards a check-point near Barvinkove, eastern Ukraine. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces repelled an attack Tuesday by about 30 gunmen at an airport, beginning what the president called an "anti-terrorist operation" to try to restore authority over the restive region. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Sold out: Ukraine’s leadership swapped best military weapons for cash

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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CURL: Obama’s foreign policy — even worse than his domestic policy

By Joseph Curl