--- description: In the News: CPAC's 2016 Preview, Russia and Crimea solidify ties, University of California struggling with diversity, Unemployment rate at 6.7% title: Morning Must Reads: March 7 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: March 7 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2014 1:43 PM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2014 1:43 PM CUT * [US employers sadd 175K jobs; unemployment rises to 6.7 percent](http://time.com/15599/job-gains-beat-expectations-but-unemployment-rate-ticks-up/ "undefined") \[TIME\] * CPAC gives Republicans a 2016 Preview \[[TIME](http://time.com/14825/cpac-republican-presidential-primary-2016/ "undefined")\] * “Russia and Crimea moved to solidify ties Friday as pro-Russia parties in Crimea planned campaigns for a referendum on splitting from Ukraine and Moscow enthusiastically greeted a visiting Crimean delegation.” \[[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/crimea-solidifies-ties-with-russia-ahead-of-referendum-on-leaving-ukraine/2014/03/07/daa96f90-a5eb-11e3-84d4-e59b1709222c%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * “Nineteen House members sent a letter to Labor Secretary Tom Perez on Thursday pushing for “better inclusion of LGBT individuals” in the agency’s workplace programs. Other offices, led by Sen. Jeff Merkley, are preparing a letter from House and Senate members urging Obama to sign an executive order to ban federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT workers.” \[[BuzzFeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/democrats-demand-administration-act-on-lgbt-workers-rights "undefined")\] * Rep. Darrell Issa apologizes to Rep. Elijah Cummings over handling of hearing \[[LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-pn-issa-congress-condemn-20140306,0,2579040.story#axzz2vHKFPO8Q "undefined")\] * “Over the past week, a half-dozen Washington Republicans have described \[Floridian candidate David\] Jolly’s campaign against Democrat Alex Sink as a Keystone Cops operation, marked by inept fundraising, top advisers stationed hundreds of miles away from the district in the state capital and the poor optics of a just-divorced, 41-year-old candidate accompanied on the campaign trail by a girlfriend 14 years his junior. The sources would speak only on condition of anonymity.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/david-jolly-alex-sink-florida-special-election-2014-104397.html?hp=f1 "undefined")\] * “With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to rule on race-conscious college-admissions policies, University of California officials say they still struggle to meet diversity goals for their university system 18 years after state voters banned affirmative action.” \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304732804579421164124444876?mod=WSJ%5Fhp%5FRightTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304732804579421164124444876.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ%5Fhp%5FRightTopStories "undefined")\] * Army’s top prosecutor for sex crimes accused of sexual assault \[[CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/armys-top-prosecutor-for-sex-crimes-accused-of-sexual-assault/ "undefined")\] * Justice considers probe of Senate staffers in dispute over torture report \[[TIME](http://time.com/14563/justice-considers-probe-of-senate-staffers-in-dispute-over-torture-report/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/15597/morning-must-reads-march-7/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/15597/morning-must-reads-march-7/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: March 7","datePublished":"2014-03-07T13:43:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:38:40.001Z","description":"In the News: CPAC's 2016 Preview, Russia and Crimea solidify ties, University of California struggling with diversity, Unemployment rate at 6.7%","url":"https://time.com/15597/morning-must-reads-march-7/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/15597/morning-must-reads-march-7/","name":"Morning Must Reads: March 7"}}]}] ```