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Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev, right, as they observe a military exercise near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. pro-Russian troops held all Ukrainian border posts Monday in Crimea, as well as all military facilities and a key ferry terminal, cementing their stranglehold on the strategic Ukrainian peninsula. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. Striving for unity among Democrats rather than compromise with Republicans, President Barack Obama unveils an election-year budget on Tuesday that drops cuts to Social Security and seeks new money for infrastructure, education and job training. Congress will likely approve a smaller amount based on last year's budget deal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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From left, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch, react as they are introduced as the guest speakers at the beginning of a forum on The Economics and Politics of Immigration In Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and the Chief of Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev, right, watch a military exercise near St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. Putin has sought and quickly got the Russian parliament's permission to use the Russian military in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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Shaquella Newby, 21, right, looks back as her partner Brittany Bigby, 25, pulls a make-shift sled full of groceries to their home, from a grocery store in Alexandria, Va., Monday, March 3, 2014. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the greater Washington Metropolitan region, prompting area schools and the federal government to close for the wintry weather. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Veleriya Obarevich, left, and Yan Shamilov carry a Russian flag with the message "Thank you, Putin!" written across it through the Olympic Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)