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** FILE ** In this June 15, 2013, file photo, Sarah Palin speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority 2013 conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Sarah Palin: I predicted Ukraine crisis

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Fyodor Andreyev, president of the Alrosa diamond mining company in the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Putin on Wednesday ordered massive exercises involving most of its military units in western Russia amid tensions in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Metzel, Presidential Press Service)

ORTEL: A czar rises in Russia, as Putin humiliates Obama

By Charles Ortel

23 Mormon missionaries moved in Ukraine

Associated Press

An unidentified armed man stands guard outside a Ukraine infantry base in Privolnoye, Ukraine, Sunday, March 2, 2014. Hundreds of unidentified gunmen arrived outside Ukraine's infantry base in Privolnoye in its Crimea region. The convoy includes at least 13 troop vehicles each containing 30 soldiers and four armored vehicles with mounted machine guns. The vehicles &#8212; which have Russian license plates &#8212; have surrounded the base and are blocking Ukrainian soldiers from entering or leaving it. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Ukraine prime minister calls Russia’s surrounding of bases a ‘declaration of war’

By Dalton Bennett and David McHugh - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FILE - In this June 18, 2013, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, by National Security Agency Gen. Keith B. Alexander. Al-Qaida&#8217;s Afghanistan leader is laying the groundwork to relaunch his war-shattered organization once the United States and international forces withdraw from the country, as they have warned they will do without a security agreement from the Afghan government, U.S. officials say. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Rep. Rogers: Putin’s playing chess while Obama, U.S. playing ‘marbles’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Ukraine's Ambassador to NATO Ihor Dolhov adjusts the microphones prior to speaking during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Sunday, March 2, 2014. NATO is called emergency talks on Sunday regarding the escalating crisis in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

US prepares tough response for Russia over Ukraine

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press

Hundreds of identified gunmen surround Ukraine military base, blocking soldiers from leaving

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Jared Leto, center, arrives with his mother Constance and brother Shannon at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Jared Leto in generous mood after acting Oscar win

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Holguin at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, as Kerryopened a fourth round of the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Partnership Dialogue. Kerry said he had called Russia's foreign minister to express US concerns over military activity in Crimea that could further inflame tensions in Ukraine following the ouster of its Russian-backed president.&#160;(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kerry: All options on the table to respond to Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Louisville group helps Ukrainian orphans

Associated Press

A Russian convoy moves from Sevastopol to Sinferopol in the Crimea, Ukraine, Sunday, March 2, 2014. A convoy of hundreds of Russian troops headed toward the regional capital of Ukraine's Crimea region on Sunday, a day after Russia's forces took over the strategic Black Sea peninsula without firing a shot. The new government in Kiev has been powerless to react. Ukraine's parliament was meeting Sunday in a closed session. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

World scrambles as Russia tightens grip on Crimea

By TIM SULLIVAN and DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

Unidentified gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms block the entrance of the Crimean Parliament building in Simferopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. The discord between Russia and Ukraine sharpened Saturday when the pro-Russian leader of Ukraine's Crimea region claimed control of the military and police and appealed to Russia's president for help in keeping peace there. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Ukraine peace sought for Paralympics in Sochi

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Troops in unmarked uniforms stand guard in Balaklava on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn't responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged President Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Putin goes to parliament, makes case for military in Ukraine

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Troops in unmarked uniforms stand guard as they taking control the the Caost Guard offices in Balaklava on the outskirts of Sevastopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. An emblem on one of the vehicles and their number plates identify them as belonging to the Russian military. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of sending new troops into Crimea, a strategic Russia-speaking region that hosts a major Russian navy base. The Kremlin hasn't responded to the accusations, but Russian lawmakers urged Putin to act to protect Russians in Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)

Ukraine leader puts military on high alert

Associated Press

Unidentified gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms block the entrance of the Crimean Parliament building in Simferopol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 1, 2014. The discord between Russia and Ukraine sharpened Saturday when the pro-Russian leader of Ukraine's Crimea region claimed control of the military and police and appealed to Russia's president for help in keeping peace there. Poster reads "Crimea Russia". (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Putin brushes off U.S. threats, gets permission to use military in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Garry Kasparov, former chess champion and Russian opposition leader, was at the helm of a movement of people who refused to vote in Sunday's elections.

Chess champion Garry Kasparov blasts Obama admin. reaction to Russian military move

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, center, listens during a news conference after a private U.N. Security Council meeting on the Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at United Nation headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Russian troops take over Ukraine’s Crimea region

By TIM SULLIVAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Unidentified gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms guard the entrance to the military airport at the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Russian troops took control of the two main airports in the strategic peninsula of Crimea, Ukraine's interior minister charged Friday, as the country asked the U.N. Security Council to intervene in the escalating conflict. Russian state media said Russian forces in Crimea denied involvement. No violence was reported at the civilian airport in Crimea's capital of Simferopol or at the military airport in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, also part of Crimea. At the Simferopol airport, a man claiming to speak for the camouflage-clad forces patrolling the airport described them as Crimean militiamen. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Obama warns Russia over military moves in Crimea

By DALTON BENNETT and KARL RITTER - Associated Press

Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s fugitive president: I won’t ask for military assistance

By Laura Mills - Associated Press