Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta chided President Joe Biden for an off-the-cuff call for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be removed from power.

Biden, while in Poland over the weekend, said, “For God’s sake, this man [Putin] cannot remain in power,” which set off a flurry of damage control efforts from others within the administration. Shortly thereafter, a White House official clarified, “The President’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change.”