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FILE - This Feb. 28, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at the State Department in Washington. Tensions mounting, the U.S. and European allies struggle over whether threatened international penalties are enough to deter Russia from overtaking the strategic Crimean peninsula. Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Kiev in a diplomatic show of support for Ukraine but critics say it's too little, too late. European leaders are concerned about Russia's supplies of natural gas for their countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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** FILE ** This Feb. 28, 2014, file-pool photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky, File-Pool)
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Dave Jeffries of Washington, D.C. packs a snowball during a snowball fight at Dupont Circle as the region gets 6-8 inches of snow, Washington, D.C., Monday, March 3, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Hugues Massala of Washington, D.C., right, takes a running leap as he attacks others during a snowball fight at Dupont Circle as the region gets 6-8 inches of snow, Washington, D.C., Monday, March 3, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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In this Feb. 20, 2014 photo, veterinarian Michael Firsching is seen during a debate for the 13th District Republican nomination in Champaign, Ill. Firsching faces incumbent U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis and Erika Harold, a Harvard law school graduate and former Miss America, in the March 18, 2014 primary. (AP Photo/The News-Gazette, Robin Scholz) MANDATORY CREDIT
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FILE - In this July 25, 2013 file photo, Erika Harold speaks with Republican supporters at a fund-raising event in Springfield, Ill. Harold, a Harvard law school graduate and former Miss America, faces incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis and veterinarian Michael Firsching in the March 18, 2014 primary for the Republican nomination in Illinois 13th District. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
