KERRY: Russia behaving 'in 19th century fashion...acting out of weakness...desperation' -- UKRAINE PLEA: 'We are on the brink of disaster' -- LOIS LERNER to testify -- B'DAYS: Kevin Madden, Gorbachev - POLITICO Playbook - POLITICO.com

KERRY: Russia behaving 'in 19th century fashion...acting out of weakness...desperation' -- UKRAINE PLEA: 'We are on the brink of disaster' -- LOIS LERNER to testify -- B'DAYS: Kevin Madden, Gorbachev - POLITICO Playbook - POLITICO.com: SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY, from Boston, to Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation”: “[I]t is an incredible act of aggression … really a stunning, willful choice by president Putin to invade another country. Russia is in violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine. Russia is in violation of its international obligations. Russia is in violation of its obligations under the U.N. charter, under the Helsinki Final Act. It’s in violation of its obligations under the 1994 Budapest agreement. You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext. …