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Peter Baker / New York Times:
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.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
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 …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin's error in Ukraine is the kind that leads to catastrophe — Napoleon is said to have cautioned during an 1805 battle: “When the enemy is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him.” The citation is also sometimes rendered as “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
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Anatol Lieven / Zocalo Public Square:
Why Obama Shouldn't Fall for Putin's Ukrainian Folly — We're now witnessing the consequences of how grossly both Russia and the West have overplayed their hands in Ukraine. It is urgently necessary that both should find ways of withdrawing from some of the positions that they have taken.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Here's What Is Going To Happen With Ukraine
Here's What Is Going To Happen With Ukraine
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David Weigel / Slate:
Democratic Senator: Crimea Crisis is Happening Because America Looked Weak in Syria
Democratic Senator: Crimea Crisis is Happening Because America Looked Weak in Syria
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Ben Judah / Politico:
Why Russia No Longer Fears the West
Why Russia No Longer Fears the West
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Washington Post:
President Obama's foreign policy is based on fantasy — FOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality. It was a world in which “the tide of war is receding” and the United States could, without much risk, radically reduce the size of its armed forces.
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
What to do about Putin's invasion of Ukraine?
What to do about Putin's invasion of Ukraine?
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New York Times:
Russia's Aggression
Russia's Aggression
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg View:
Obama to Israel — Time Is Running Out — When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House tomorrow, President Barack Obama will tell him that his country could face a bleak future — one of international isolation and demographic disaster — if he refuses to endorse …
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Aryeh Tepper / Weekly Standard:
Does Abbas Recognize Israel as a Jewish State?
Does Abbas Recognize Israel as a Jewish State?
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Booman Tribune and The Times of Israel
Adiv Sterman / The Times of Israel:
Obama: US won't be able to defend Israel if peace talks fail
Obama: US won't be able to defend Israel if peace talks fail
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Right Turn, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Gateway Pundit
Larry Hannan / Florida Times Union:
Marissa Alexander's sentence could triple in ‘warning-shot’ case — A Jacksonville woman whose case generated outrage when she was sentenced to 20 years in prison may end up behind bars for 60 years for the same crime. — The Office of State Attorney Angela Corey will seek to put Marissa Alexander …
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Jay Newton-Small / TIME:
TIME Newsmaker Interview with John McCain: On Ukraine, Syria, Barack Obama, Chris Christie — Plus: His take on working with Obama on foreign policy, Chris Christie's survival and why climate change isn't dead — Tapping a black sharpy on his right hand, John McCain sat in his Senate offices …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg ‘is planning to run for Senate seat in 2016’ — Sandberg, one of the business world's biggest champions of correcting gender inequality in the workplace, is eying a rebellion against Democratic Californian Senator Barbara Boxer
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Democrats Try Wooing Ones Who Got Away: White Men — ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Frank Houston knows something about the longtime estrangement of white men from the Democratic Party. His family roots are in nearby Macomb County, the symbolic home of working-class Reagan Democrats who …
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Catherine Shoard / Guardian:
Oscars 2014: 10 things we learned — The 86th Academy Awards are over. Here's our top takeaways from the night, from Meryl's moves to Matthew's megalomania — It turns out Hollywood knows about selfies … Remember that president guy? Barack somethingorother?
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
UAE airline leaves Israel off its flight map — An airline that gets US taxpayer dollars for security has wiped Israel from its flight map. — The US Department of Homeland Security spends $425,000 annually on a preclearance customs facility for Etihad Airways, a partner of American Airlines, at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
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Phillip Longman / Washington Monthly:
Oops: The Texas Miracle That Isn't — Conservatives say the Lone Star state's recent record of growth validates their economic agenda. That record crumbles upon inspection. — Is Texas our future? The question got kicked around during the last presidential campaign when Texas Governor Rick Perry was briefly riding high.
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Booman Tribune and New York Times
Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Hundreds of Keystone protesters arrested at White House … WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested hundreds of young people protesting the Keystone XL project on Sunday, as demonstrators fastened themselves with plastic ties to the White House fences and called for U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the controversial oil pipeline.
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