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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. In response to Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, Hagel said the U.S. was stepping up joint aviation training with Polish forces. The Pentagon also is increasing American participation in NATO's air policing mission in its Baltic countries, he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., right, leaves as the committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., left, begins his statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, during the committee's hearing where former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner invoked her constitutional right not to incriminate herself. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino poses for photos at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Astorino, a Republican, says he'll announce Wednesday March 5, 2014 whether he's challenging Andrew Cuomo for governor of New York. Astorino tweeted that he'll reveal his decision in a "video news release." (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino speaks at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Astorino says he'll announce Wednesday March 5, 2014 whether he's challenging Andrew Cuomo for governor of New York. In a Twitter message, Astorino, a Republican, says he'll reveal his decision in a "video news release." (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool)
