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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, hosts the Budapest Memorandum Ministerial meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, 3rd right, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague, 2nd left, at U.S. ambassador's residence in Paris, Wednesday March 5, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris where he is expected to hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, about the crisis in Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula which is now controlled by Russian troops. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov raises his hands to take off his headphones at the end of a news conference at the Spanish foreign ministry in Madrid, Spain Wednesday March 5, 2014. Lavrov held talks on the Ukraine crisis with European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton in Madrid on Tuesday, and met with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and later King Juan Carlos. Tension has risen in recent weeks with Western countries backing the country’s new caretaker government while Moscow accuses them of supporting an anti-constitutional coup and pledges to protect Russians in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Secretary of State John Kerry, center, walks up the stairs to board his plane before his departure from Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Ahead of Kerry on the stairs is Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia, who is travelling to Paris with Kerry. Kerry announced an economic package and technical assistance for Ukraine in a show of support for its new government amid escalating tensions with Russia. Kerry's visit comes as Washington and its Western allies step up pressure on Moscow to withdraw its troops from Ukraine's Crimea region or face economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)
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Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet at the Russian Ambassador's Residence in Paris, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Russia rebuffed Western demands to withdraw forces in Ukraine's Crimea region to their bases on Wednesday amid a day of high-stakes diplomacy in Paris aimed at easing tensions over Ukraine and averting the risk of war. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)
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Ukrainian men wearing camouflage uniforms march along a street at a memorial for people killed during clashes with police at Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Stepping back from the brink of war, Vladimir Putin talked tough but cooled tensions in the Ukraine crisis Tuesday, saying Russia has no intention "to fight the Ukrainian people" but reserves the right to use force. As the Russian president held court in his personal residence, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Kiev's fledgling government and urged Putin to stand down. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, far right, on stage after speaking on the importance of raising the minimum wage during an event at at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Conn., Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Obama traveled to Hartford, Conn., area to highlight the importance of raising the minimum wage and then will travel to Boston for a pair of Democratic fundraising. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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** FILE ** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, appear on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at a Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., questions Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing focusing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. The committee's ranking member Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
