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Marco Rubio / Politico:
8 Steps Obama Must Take to Punish Russia — Russia's illegal military incursion in the Crimea region in Ukraine is a grave violation of a nation's sovereignty and cannot go unpunished. — First, President Obama should speak unequivocally and call this what it is: a military invasion.
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New York Times:
Kremlin Deploys Military in Ukraine, Prompting Protest by U.S. — SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Russian armed forces seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula on Saturday, as the Russian Parliament granted President Vladimir V. Putin broad authority to use military force in response …
Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
Putin's War in Crimea Could Soon Spread to Eastern Ukraine — And nobody—not the U.S., not NATO—can stop him — Vladimir Putin has asked the Federation Council—the upper chamber of Russia's dummy parliament—to authorize the use of force not just in Crimea, but “on Ukraine's territory until …
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Politico:
Putin's reckless Ukraine gambit — Vladimir Putin's surprise decision to ask for a Russian-style War Powers resolution from his parliament dramatically ups the ante in the Ukraine crisis and positions Russia for full-scale military action. It also signals Putin's commitment to use all necessary means …
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Eric Bradner / Politico:
GOP senators seek trade actions against Russia — President Barack Obama should sever trade talks with Russia and also try to kick the country out of international organizations over its military intervention in Ukraine, several Republican senators said Saturday.
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William Booth / Washington Post:
Pro-Russia leader of Crimea claims military control, appeals to Putin for assistance — SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Crimea's pro-Russian leader on Saturday claimed control of the military and police in the region, saying that soldiers from Russia's Black Sea Fleet are guarding government buildings …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Making Russia Pay? It's Not So Simple — WASHINGTON — President Obama has warned Russia that “there will be costs” for a military intervention in Ukraine. But the United States has few palatable options for imposing such costs, and recent history has shown that when it considers its interests at stake …
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Conal Urquhart / Guardian:
Ukraine places forces on combat alert and threatens war as UN security council meets - live updates — Ukrainian PM tells Russian forces to return to base in Crimea and warns of war in case of further escalation — Sort by: — 8.05pm GMT — NATO meeting — NATO will now meet at the behest of Latvia and Lithuania.
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USA Today:
Last Slide — SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine — Russian parliament's upper house unanimously approved the deployment of troops in the Crimea region of Ukraine on Saturday. — Defying a warning by President Obama a day earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament for permission …
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Washington Post:
Condemnation isn't enough for Russian actions in Crimea
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Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Russian upper house approves use of force in Ukraine
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Ron Synovitz / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Explainer: The Budapest Memorandum And Its Relevance To Crimea
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Spies Said No Russian Invasion of Ukraine—Putin Disagreed
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Kathy Lally / Washington Post:
Russian parliament approves use of troops in Ukraine
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BBC:
Russian parliament approves troop deployment in Ukraine
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Heckler: Obama wants ‘nuclear war with Russia’
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Skips National Security Team Meeting on Russia, Ukraine — A White House official emailed some reporters to say that President Obama's team met today to discuss the ongoing situation on Ukraine. It appears President Obama did not attend. — “The President's national security team met today …
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Nikita Stewart / New York Times:
De Blasio Picks More Liberal Activists Than Managers for City Posts — In Bill de Blasio's City Hall, it seems more and more, there is only a left wing. — The mayor, who advanced in politics by grass-roots organizing, has built a team filled with former activists …
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Alec Torres / National Review:
Krauthammer's Take: Obama Tells the World We Aren't Going to Do Anything About Invasion of Ukraine — As reports are coming in that Russia has placed 2,000 troops in Crimea, within the borders of Ukraine, President Obama said that “the United States will stand with the international community …
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