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** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein (right), California Democrat and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, meets with CIA Director-nominee John Brennan (left), currently assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intelligence chairwoman accuses CIA of intimidation, snooping on Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama should’ve seen Ukraine coming

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

White House press secretary Jay Carney answers questions during his daily news briefing at the White House in Monday, March 10, 2014. Carney spoke about the ongoing situation in the Ukraine and this week's visit of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House: Exporting natural gas to Europe, Ukraine not the answer

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama points to teams in the crowd as he speaks to members of 2012-2013 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s championship teams from several sports on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama honors college athletes at White House

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Kansas family to accept honor for WWII hero

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WVU rifle team has Monday date at the White House

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** FILE ** President Obama smiles as he walks from 18th green at Mid-Pacific County Club in Kailua, Hawaii, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama hits up Fla. golf course with Alonzo Mourning, Ahmad Rashad

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**FILE** President Obama waves before his departure on Air Force One from Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Conn., on March 5, 2014. Obama, who was heading to Boston, was in Connecticut to talk about increasing the federal minimum wage. (Associated Press)

Obamas, Bidens jetting off to warm resorts for mini-vacations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama prepare to board Air Force One before their departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Friday, March 7, 2014. Obama and the first lady are traveling to Miami and will visit a local high school to unveil a new initiative program to ensure more students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a document required by most types of financial aid such as Pell grants. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama to promote education agenda at Miami school

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Barack Obama leaves the podium after speaking about the situation in Ukraine, Thursday, March 6, 2014, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. The president said a referendum for Ukraine's Crimea region to separate and become part of Russia would violate international law.At left press secretary Jay Carney walks forward to continue the briefing. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama vacation plans in doubt because of Ukraine

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Ga. members of Congress sign letter on harbor snub

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Aretha Franklin performing in Newark, N.J. in 2013. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

R-S-P-E-C-T: Find out what it means for Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian Navy officer looks at the scuttled decommissioned Russian vessel &quot;Ochakov&quot; from the Black Sea shore outside the town of Myrnyi, western Crimea, Ukraine, Thursday, March 6, 2014. In the early hours of Thursday Russian naval personnel scuttled the decommissioned ship, blockading access for five Ukrainian Naval vessels now trapped inside of the Southern Naval Headquarters located in Myrnyi in Western Crimea as Russian war vessels patrolled just of the coast. The vessel was brought by Russian naval forces on the 4th of March towed by a tug boat while escorted by a warship and several gun boats. Marines from the Ukrainian navy heard a loud explosion in the early hours of last night coming from the vessel blocking a channel leading to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Crimea to vote to split from Ukraine, join Russia

By YURAS KARMANAU and JUERGEN BAETZ - Associated Press

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

Obama slaps Putin with sanctions, restrictions on visas

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, with singers, from second from left, Melissa Etheridge, Janelle Monáe, and Patti LaBelle, during a workshop for students as part of the “In Performance at the White House” series, celebrating female artists as the &quot;foremothers” of American music. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama shows his R-E-S-P-E-C-T for “women of soul”

By NANCY BENAC - Associated Press

President Barack Obama talks about the situation in Ukraine, Thursday, March 6, 2014, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. The president said a referendum for Ukraine's Crimea region to separate and become part of Russia would violate international law. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama urges Putin in phone call: De-escalate crisis in Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This photo released by the Israel Defense Forces shows a missile on an intercepted ship in the Red Sea Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Israeli naval forces raided a ship deep in the Red Sea early Wednesday and seized dozens of advanced rockets from Iran destined for Palestinian militants in Gaza, the military said. (AP Photo/IDF)

Israelis had U.S. help in intercepting Iranian missile shipment to Palestine

By Guy Taylor and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

White House to hold Easter Egg Roll on April 21

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Ga. not allowed to dredge harbor with state funds

By RUSS BYNUM and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press