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U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julian Smith said Sunday that the United States “has no regime change policy toward Russia” and that President Biden was speaking “at a time” when he appeared to make a statement during a speech in Poland on Saturday. The Biden government has been forced to back down from comments made by the president in Warsaw that seemed to call for regime change in Russia, saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin “can not stay in power.” WHITE HOUSE RETURNS MULTIPLE BIDEN OBSERVATIONS DURING EUROPE PUTIN’S JOURNEY, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, ARMY “In the name of God, this man can not stay in power,” Biden said. President Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, March 26, 2022. (AP Photo / Petr David Josek) Speaking to Fox News Sunday, Smith said Biden had “a very moving day” after meeting with hundreds of Ukrainian refugees and that, contrary to his comments, the United States was not seeking regime change in Moscow. “Let me be clear and state immediately that the United States has no regime change policy toward Russia,” Smith said. “But I think what we all agree on is that President Putin can not have the power to wage war. He has attacked Ukraine in a premeditated, unprovoked conflict and he continues this ruthless and brutal war in Ukraine, which we all want to wage. we see an end coming. “ US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith (L) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) arrive in anticipation of the NATO Summit at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP via Getty Images) Smith made similar remarks during an earlier appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” saying Biden was speaking “at the moment.” CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION “Right now, I think it was a human reaction to principles in the stories he had heard that day,” he said. “But no, as you have heard from Secretary Blinken and others, the United States has no policy of regime change in Russia. Blinken clarified Biden’s statements earlier on Sunday, telling reporters that “we do not have a strategy for regime change in Russia – or anywhere else, on this issue.”