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President Barack Obama challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin’s defense of his involvement in Ukraine, arguing Tuesday that there is widespread consensus that Russia is violating international law and urging Putin to agree to talks to de-escalate the situation. “There is a strong belief that Russia’s action is violating international law,” Obama said at an elementary school in the District of Columbia after introducing his proposed 2015 budget. “President Putin seems to have a different set of lawyers making a different set of interpretations. I don’t think that’s fooling anybody.”

On Tuesday morning Andrew Deal, Primary Organizer for VigilForCivility.com, was interviewed by a reporter at KIRO Radio Seattle concering his grass-roots efforts toward a fair and successful election in November. Following a press release on 10/25 dozens of reporters and other interested parties began to visit the site and contact its organizers for details on the effort. Interest in the effort is beginning to spark nation-wide, with participants who share the same desire for a "civil" election process beginning to sign up as participants. The effort is completely bi-partisan in nature and recognizes the fact that members on each side...