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Biden says he was expressing "moral outrage" at Putin, not articulating policy change

President Biden sought to clarify a comment he had made in Poland Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power." On Monday, he told reporters at the White House he was expressing his "moral outrage" at the Russian president, not articulating a policy change. Mr. Biden's remarks on the subject followed the unveiling of his budget. He also fielded questions on the budget and on his Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who testified at her confirmation hearings last week.

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White House clarifies Biden's Putin comment

President Biden's unscripted words at the conclusion of his speech in Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday have followed him back to Washington. Many are still wondering what he meant when he said Russia's president "cannot remain in power." Mr. Biden and other officials said he did not call for regime change in Moscow. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the latest from Washington, and CBS News correspondent Wendy Gillette joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green from Warsaw to discuss reaction to Mr. Biden's comments and the growing refugee crisis.

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Afghanistan, the Kremlin's other quagmire

In 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to install a puppet regime; ten years later, the Soviet army's last forces withdrew, defeated by Afghan rebels who'd been armed by the CIA. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin looks at how the Kremlin's failure so far in capturing the Ukrainian capital and installing a puppet government has produced a new quagmire for Russia, exposing weaknesses in its military and creating a question mark over Vladimir Putin's future.

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Russian oligarch blasts sanctions

Targeted by the U.S. and its allies with sanctions because of their ties to the Kremlin, Russian oligarchs have found their accounts frozen and assets seized. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Mikhail Fridman, a Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch now living in London, who cannot use his ATM card and resides in a mansion he can't sell. Fridman explains why he believes sanctions are not the answer to punishing Russia's leader Vladimir Putin. Doane also talks with Tom Burgis, author of "Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World."

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