>> mr. president, do you want putin removed? mr. president, were you calling for regime change? >> no. >> just a one-word answer, but did have america's top diplomat come out to explain what the u.s. policy is. >> president putin cannot be empowered to wait for or engage in aggression against ukraine or anyone else. as you know, and as you have heard us say repeatedly, we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia. >> and that is the talking point circulating around the administration because the u.s. ambassador to nato used the same exact words. >> well, let me be clear and just state right off the bat that the u.s. does not have a policy of regime change towards russia, but i think what we all agree on is that president putin cannot be empowered to wage war. >> 40% approve of the