Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama dispatched their top diplomats for more discussions to resolve the Ukraine conflict after the leaders held an hour-long telephone conversation on the crisis. Obama asked for a written response from the Russian leader to the plan that Secretary of State John Kerry presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Hague earlier this week, according to a statement from the White House. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama dispatched their top diplomats for more discussions to resolve the Ukraine conflict after the leaders held an ... (full story)