May 25, 2011

Michael McFaul Comments from the G8 Summit

At the Group of Eight Summit in Deauville, France, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed Russia's bid to join the WTO and its concerns about deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe. "They have a perception that when we get to that phase, that there may be some capability to threaten what we call strategic stability," said Michael McFaul, senior director for Russia on the National Security Council and former CDDRL Director and FSI Deputy Director. "We have no intention of doing that."

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