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Midland University president and Republican Senate candidate Ben Sasse is pictured on campus in this photo from June 5, 2013, in Fremont, Neb. The Senate Conservatives Fund, a national conservative group, has endorsed Sasse in Nebraska's U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, setting him up as the race's tea party candidate. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Shane Osborn (left) has won the support of Concerned Women for America in his bid for Senate in the Nebraska Republican primary. One of his opponents, Ben Sasse (right), a former Bush administration health official, has been called "the clear cut conservative choice" by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. (Associated Press photographs)
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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, came out as the favored Republican candidate for a White House run in 2016 in a recent CNN/ORC poll, garnering 16 percent of the support. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for March 17, 2014 - A strategy fit for last year’s Boston bombing (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)
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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, left, and President Barack Obama, hold up a bowl of Irish shamrocks during a St. Patrick’s Day reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel waves during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker speaks at the annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)in Boston, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Pro-Russian people celebrate in Lenin Square, in Simferopol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Polls have closed in Crimea's contentious referendum on seceding from Ukraine and seeking annexation by Russia. The vote, unrecognized both by the Ukrainian government and the West, was held Sunday as Russian flags fluttered in the breeze and retirees grew weepy at the thought of reuniting with Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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People celebrate in Lenin Square, in downtown Simferopol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Polls have closed in Crimea's contentious referendum on seceding from Ukraine and seeking annexation by Russia. The vote, unrecognized both by the Ukrainian government and the West, was held Sunday as Russian flags fluttered in the breeze and retirees grew weepy at the thought of reuniting with Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
