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“I want to be clear that when you mention the Republican critique of President Obama, that is not President-elect Trump's critique, right? So you have a real clash within the Republican Party, and I think within the Trump administration, about how to develop policy toward Russia.”

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Michael McFaul is an American academic and diplomat. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. He is currently the Steven P. Roach Professor of International Studies at Stanford University. more

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