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LYONS: Obama’s foreign-policy ‘flexibility’ fantasy shows weakness

By James A. Lyons

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: President ‘mom jeans’ vs. Putin

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this June 28, 2013, file photo, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jaime Henry-White, File)

Jimmy Carter: Don’t hurt Russian people with sanctions

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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

By Joseph Curl

Illustration of Vladimir Putin by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency

FIELDS: A cold German spring for Merkel and Putin

By Suzanne Fields

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Fired Russian Facebook CEO says site has fallen in the hands of pro-Putin supporters

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden reacts to a comment by President Obama about his sunglasses, during a Democratic rally in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ukraine claims torture by pro-Russian forces on the heels of Biden’s stern warning to Moscow

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., second from left, greets former Mission Mayor Laura McConwell, right, at Johnson County Republican Headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., Monday, April 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Bob Dole says US should send weapons to Ukraine

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

New York Times columnist David Brooks said Sunday that he believes President Obama’s foreign policy isn’t “tough enough” and that he has a “manhood problem” when it comes to dealing with leaders like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad. (NBC News via Think Progress)

NYT’s David Brooks: Obama has ‘manhood problem’ in Middle East

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

ORTEL: Putin sees opportunities as Obama turns away

By Charles Ortel

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and the commander of the Western Military District, Anatoly Sidorov arrive to watch military exercises near St. Petersburg. Russia has shown off its new arsenal as it masses near Ukraine. (RIA-Novosti via Associated Press)

Tactical advantage: Russian military shows off impressive new gear

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A shootout at the Russia-Ukraine border between an unidentified masked man and pro-Russian activists broke a United Nations brokered truce and left at least three dead on Easter Sunday, prompting a small memorial at the scene of the skirmish. (Associated Press Photographs)

Ukraine, Russia trade blame over Easter Sunday shootout

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

People stand at a barricade at the regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 20, 2014. The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for eastern shootout

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Ukrainian prime minister accuses Putin of moving to restore Soviet Union

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on Putin in Ukraine by Schot, De Volkskrant, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ALLARD: Brushing up on the Cold War with Putin, Ukraine

By Ken Allard

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a nationally televised question-and-answer session in Moscow, Thursday, April 17, 2014. President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine, but recognized for the first time that the troops in unmarked uniforms who had overtaken Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula before its annexation by Moscow were Russian soldiers. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Putin: No plans to invade Alaska; too cold, he says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a televised call-in show with the nation in Moscow, Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

PRUDEN: When a bored president just ‘mails it in’

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of a bilateral meeting to discuss the ongoing situation in Ukraine as diplomats from the U.S., Ukraine, Russia and the European Union gather for discussions in Geneva on Thursday, April 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg, Pool)

Skeptics on all sides take aim of John Kerry’s tentative deal on Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a nationally televised question-and-answer session in Moscow on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Russia&#8217;s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine as &#8220;nonsense,&#8221; but voiced hope for success of four-way talks on settling the crisis. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Putin to Snowden: We don’t collect droves of data on everyone like the U.S.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times