Putin's nuclear deterrence move: White House wants to 'reduce the rhetoric and deescalate'
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on February 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Psaki briefed reporters about the White House's economic sanctions on Russia after its military moved into break-away regions of eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Putin's nuclear deterrence move: White House wants to 'reduce the rhetoric and deescalate'

White House press secretary Jen Psaki shown in this February 23, 2022 file photo in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The Biden administration wants to “reduce the rhetoric and deescalate” after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s deterrence forces – which include nuclear arms – be placed on high alert, the White House said Monday. 

“We’ve seen this pattern from President Putin over the course of the last several months and even before then, where he manufactures the threat in order to justify a greater aggressive action,” White House press…

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