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**FILE** Rep. Nita Lowey, New York Democrat and ranking member of the House subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, questions US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 8, 2014. Shah testified on USAID's fiscal 2015 budget request but was questioned on the agency’s secret 'Cuban Twitter', a social media network built to stir unrest in the communist island. (Associated Press)

Rep. Nita Lowey urges Kerry to protect Jewish people of Ukraine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Blokhin resigns as Dynamo Kiev coach

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a nationally televised question-and-answer session in Moscow on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine as “nonsense,” but voiced hope for success of four-way talks on settling the crisis. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine 2022 Olympic bid on hold but still alive

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

US sending nonlethal aid to Ukraine military

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

An US F16 fighter jet takes off from a Romanian air base in Campia Turzii, Romania, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Some 450 U.S. and Romanian troops are taking part in the Dacian Viper 2014 joint military exercise in Transylvania, northwestern Romania flying U.S. F-16 fighter jets of the U.S. 31st Fighter Wing alongside Romanian Mig-21 Lancers.The weeklong exercise, the fourth of its kind, was planned before Russia&#8217;s recent annexation of Crimea, according to officials.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Flying blind: Russia blocks U.S. from treaty-approved spy flights

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media after an NATO Ambassadors Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. NATO says it's reinforcing its military presence on eastern border on sea, land and in the air. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Multinational naval fleet to depart Germany for Baltic Sea within days

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Geneva, Wednesday, April 16, 2014, where he is scheduled to participate in talks on the ongoing situation in Ukraine with representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the European Union. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

US readies sanctions on Russia, aid for Ukraine

By JULIE PACE and LARA JAKES - Associated Press

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army react as they sit a top combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The central government has so far been unable to rein in the insurgents, who it says are being stirred up by paid operatives from Russia and have seized numerous government facilities in at least nine eastern cities to press their demands for broader autonomy and closer ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Pro-Russian insurgents seize Ukrainian armored vehicles

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Two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots fly in formation during a training exercise March 16, 2010, at Moody Air Force, Ga. Members of the 74th Fighter Squadron performed surge operations to push its support function to the limit and simulate pilots' wartime flying rates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman) **FILE**

Removal of military gear limits options for U.S., NATO in Ukraine

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Monday, April 14, 2014, Ukrainian soldiers sit on top of military vehicles with a Ukrainian national flag in a field about 70 kilometers (44 miles) from the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk, where the Ukrainian regional administration building was seized by pro-Russian activists. A deadline set by the Ukrainian government for pro-Russian gunmen to leave government buildings in eastern Ukraine and surrender weapons passed without incident early Monday, with no immediate sign of any action to liberate any seized buildings. (AP Photo/Russian Reporter magazine, Maxim Dondyuk) MAGAZINES OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Ukraine bares teeth against eastern uprising

By YURAS KARMANAU and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

EU agrees to work more closely with NATO

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

Ukrainian army troops set up a position at an airport in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Amid clashes, White House nixes ‘lethal’ Ukraine aid

By Ashish Kumar Sen and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

US Senator McCain mocks EU’s Russia sanctions

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Ukrainian Army troops receive munitions at a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

U.S. military on high alert as Ukraine troops trade gunfire with pro-Russian militants

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

AP News in Brief at 8:58 p.m. EDT

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A pro-Russian gunman stands guard at a seized police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Pro-Moscow protesters have seized a number of government buildings in the east over the past week, undermining the authority of the interim government in the capital, Kiev. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Kiev deadline for disarming in east Ukraine passes

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

A man tries to protect a Ukrainian police officer beaten by a pro-Russian mob that stormed a police station in Horlivka, eastern Ukraine, Monday. A pro-Russian mob seized a police building in yet another city in Russian-leaning eastern Ukraine, defying government warnings that it was preparing to act against the insurgents. (Associated Press)

Red tape in U.S. ties up critical gear for Ukraine

By Bill Gertz — The Washington Free Beacon

**FILE** Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew pauses while speaking about the U.S. economy, next steps for financial reform, and the Treasury Department's international agenda, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury Secretary Lew: U.S. ready to impose more sanctions on Russia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pro-Russian men throw stones during the mass storming of a police station in Horlivka, eastern Ukraine, Monday, April 14, 2014. Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov on Monday called for the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the east of the country, where pro-Russian insurgents have occupied buildings in nearly 10 cities. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine asks for U.N. peacekeepers in restive east

By Maria Danilova and Peter Leonard - Associated Press