Obama, Biden Seek to Balance East and West

Pro-Russia supporters stand at a barricade in the Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on April 21, 2014. VP Joe Biden was to begin a two-day visit to Ukraine amid Russian 'outrage' over a deadly shootout.
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