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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Thursday marks the first day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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From left, Olena Grygorii, Taras Firman, and Igor Ivaskiv, all native of Ternopil, western Ukraine, join Ukrainians and their supporters at a rally to protest Russian President Putin's "invasion of Ukraine and aggression in the region" Thursday, March 6, 2014, in front of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama declared Thursday that a referendum in 10 days on the future of a Ukraine's Crimea peninsula would violate international law. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, following a Senate vote on military sexual assaults. The Senate blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses, capping an emotional, nearly yearlong fight over how best to curb sexual assault in the ranks. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Singers Melissa Etheridge, left, and Janelle Monáe, applaud Patti LaBelle, right, as she is introduced in the State Dining Room of the White House Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014, during a workshop for students as part of the “In Performance at the White House” series, celebrating female artists as the "foremothers” of American music, hosted by first lady Michelle Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)