Vice President Joe Biden is on his way to Kiev to meet with Ukraine's temporary leaders and discuss ways to implement the Geneva deal agreed to last week, Unfortunately, the deal is already dead thanks to continuing violence in the east and the refusal of pro-Russian militias to give up government buildings they have been occupying. Voice of America: White House officials say Biden will discuss the international community's efforts to help Ukraine move forward on constitutional reform, and for what Obama administration officials say will be a free and fair presidential election on May 25. The talks will also focus on the situation in eastern Ukraine where an Easter Sunday truce barely lasted a few hours before it was shattered by a gunfight at a checkpoint in the pro-Russian city of Slavyansk. Three people were killed. It is not clear exactly what happened. Ukraine blames the attack on Russian special forces.  But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...(Read Full Post)