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DEAN: Team Obama: President Putin’s pawns

By Warren L. Dean Jr.

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

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Defense Minister and Russian Geographical Society Head Sergei Shoigu attend a meeting of a board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society in a library of Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Russia’s Putin tells Germany’s Merkel that Ukraine is on the brink of civil war

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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

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**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 activists roll tires to make barricades in front of the city government headquarters in Makeyevka, Ukraine on Sunday. (Associated Press)

McCain blasts Obama administration of failure to adequately support Ukraine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin is intent on restoring his nation as a formidable world power, analysts say. "Russia has been a great power for centuries. And it remains one," he said in a terse but little-noticed acceptance speech when President Boris Yeltsin promoted him to prime minister in 1999. (Associated Press)

Russia’s Vladimir Putin keeps Westerners guessing on his strategies, intentions

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

Masked pro-Russian activists pass by a barricade as they guard a regional administration building that they had seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 11, 2014. Ukraine’s prime minister on Friday told leaders in the country’s restive east that he is committed to allowing regions to have more powers. Yatsenyuk Friday morning flew into Donetsk, where pro-Russian separatists are occupying the regional administration building and calling for a referendum that could prefigure seeking annexation by Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine PM: Regions should have more powers

By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Pro-Russian activists gather behind a barricade with Russian flags in front an entrance of the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service in Luhansk, 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the Russian border, in Ukraine, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. A crowd of pro-Russian activists stormed the building on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Local media reported that demonstrators pelted the building with eggs, and then stones, a smoke grenade and finally a firebomb. The flames were reportedly quickly extinguished. (AP Photo/Igor Golovniov)

Putin turns up economic heat before Ukraine talks

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses as he speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, following a Senate Policy Luncheon. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senate Democrats mention Koch brothers twice as much as Putin in April

By Andrew Stiles — The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** This Feb. 28, 2014, file-pool photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky, File-Pool)

Putin threatens to make Ukraine pay ahead for gas

By Laura Mills and Peter Leonard - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry defends the Obama administration's response to Russia's moves on eastern Ukraine during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. (Associated Press Photographs)

Amid growing unrest, GOP presses for arming Ukraine

By Guy Taylor and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Associated Press) ** FILE **

LAMBRO: Putin’s Ukraine provocation, Obama’s inaction

By Donald Lambro

Pro-Russian activists set their flags over the entrance to the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. In the city protesters dug in for their third day at the 11-story regional administration headquarters they captured on Sunday and began to declare their own parallel government. Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday reasserted control over an administration building in the country&#8217;s second-largest city of Kharkiv, 250 Km ( 155 miles) north of Donetsk, which had been seized by pro-Russian protesters, and authorities detained some dozens. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

LYONS: Russian bear eats Obama’s lunch on Ukraine

By James A. Lyons

Former President George W. Bush tours his new exhibit, "The Art of Leadership: A President's Personal Diplomacy" at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Bush, who started painting in 2012, three years after leaving office, said reading an essay by the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on painting inspired him to take lessons. The exhibit runs through June 3. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Mona Reeder) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

PRUDEN: Critics’ grudging praise for George W. Bush’s paintings

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

People gathered near of a barricade with razor wires at the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 7, 2014. Outside the Donetsk building, a barricade of car tires and razor wire was built up to thwart police from retaking it. Interfax cited police in Donetsk as saying one armed group fired into the air and attempted to seize the regional state television broadcaster Monday but retreated after police and guards in the building also fired warning shots into the air. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevych)

Kerry to meet with top diplomats on Ukraine

By JOSH LEDERMAN and LARA JAKES - Associated Press

India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi waves at his supporters at an election rally in Vaishali, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 3, 2014. India will hold national elections from April 7 to May 12, kicking off a vote that many observers see as the most important election in more than 30 years in the world's largest democracy. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

ORTEL: India’s election could cost U.S. in another crucial market

By Charles Ortel