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Secretary of State John F. Kerry defends the Obama administration's response to Russia's moves on eastern Ukraine during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. (Associated Press Photographs)
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Pro-Russian activists set their flags over the entrance to the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, where they dug in for their third day.
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In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, answers questions during an Associated Press interview in Topeka, Kan. A federal judge agreed Tuesday, April 8, 2014, with the American Civil Liberties Union that a state court should decide a lawsuit challenging Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's enforcement of the state's voter-citizenship rule. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Attorney David Boies discusses the issue of gay marriage at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker on the first day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. The summit opens Tuesday and marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public places based on race, ethnicity, religion or gender. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner, pool)
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AttorneyTheodore B. Olson discusses the issue of gay marriage at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker on the first day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. The summit opens Tuesday and marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public places based on race, ethnicity, religion or gender. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner, pool)
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Attorneys David Boies, left, and Theodore B. Olson discuss the issue of gay marriage at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The summit opens Tuesday and marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public places based on race, ethnicity, religion or gender. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner, pool)
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Moderator John Avlon, left to right, Editor-in-Chief of The Daliy Beast, and attorneys David Boies, left, and Theodore B. Olson discuss the issue of gay marriage at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday April 8, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The summit opens Tuesday and marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination in public places based on race, ethnicity, religion or gender. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner, pool)