Pressure Rising as Obama Works to Rein In Russia  —  WASHINGTON — As Russia dispatched more forces and tightened its grip on the Crimean Peninsula on Sunday, President Obama embarked on a strategy intended to isolate Moscow and prevent it from seizing more Ukrainian territory even as he was pressured at home to respond more forcefully.

US moves to isolate Russia from ‘community of civilized nations’  —  The Obama administration on Sunday worked to isolate Russia on the world stage even as its president, Vladimir Putin, showed no signs of rolling back his military intervention in Ukraine.  —  President Obama spoke by phone …

Here's What Is Going To Happen With Ukraine  —  Following up on the previous post, if you do want to fret about Ukraine, I have just the thing for you.  I'm going to tell you how this will all unfold:  — Vladimir Putin will do something belligerent.  (Already done.)

Russia's Aggression  —  There was a lot to criticize about the way President Viktor Yanukovych's government was thrown out in Ukraine and hurriedly replaced with an interim team.  The victorious opposition should have known how critical it was to reassure all groups in that country …

Interview: Karzai says 12-year Afghanistan war has left him angry at U.S. government  —  KABUL — Hamid Karzai was in the midst of negotiating a security agreement with the United States when he met a 4-year-old girl who had lost half her face in an American airstrike.

What to do about Putin's invasion of Ukraine?  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN UKRAINE  —  It is obvious that Russia is conducting an invasion of Ukraine.  This violates the 1994 Budapest Memorandum between Russia, Ukraine, the United States and Britain …

Obama: US won't be able to defend Israel if peace talks fail  —  Ahead of meeting with Netanyahu, president says unprecedented ‘aggressive settlement construction’ detrimental to peace process  —  Israel can expect to face international isolation and possible sanctions from countries …