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A fact from Michael McFaul appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 June 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that US Ambassador to Russia nominee Michael McFaul was denounced by a member of the Russian Parliament days before someone shot a bullet through his Stanford University office window?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/June.

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SAT?

Michael McFaul is a renowned scholar on Russia and democracy, the inclusion of what he got in the SAT when he was 16 is rather trite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.20.105 (talk) 04:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio

Just for the record, I have deleted the bulk of the text from this article, as it was an almost word for word copy/paste from http://seaf.stanford.edu/people/michaelamcfaul/. Joshdboz (talk) 06:48, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Radical

I'm not sure "radical" is an appropriate term for McFaul. It implies that he is somehow outside of the mainstream. In fact two days ago (19 Feb 2009) he was appointed director of the White House National Security Council: http://fsi.stanford.edu/news/stanfords_michael_mcfaul_named_special_assistant_to_the_president_for_national_security_affairs_and_senior_director_at_the_national_security_council_20090219/

Without anymore context, his quote also seems misleading. It is an old passage from 2002, and his viewpoints have seemed to evolve over the years. I am deleting his quote, adding in the factual information about his appointment and I will leave it up to others to explain his positions. Kramer (talk) 15:05, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Confrontation with NTV

If someone can add this to the article or find better sources. McFaul is allegedly being harassed by news reporters.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137410/timothy-naftali/george-kennan-michael-mcfaul-and-their-paranoid-hosts?page=show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSbnW0llCw — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.163.111 (talk) 02:23, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Political views

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In July 2019, McFaul wrote that Communist Party of China's officials "champion the advantages of their system — an ability to undertake massive infrastructure projects, the capacity to manage income inequalities and a commitment to harmony in government and society. In contrast, polarized U.S. politics in the Trump era seem to impede any major initiative, be it infrastructure development or addressing income inequality."^[1]

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^ "China is winning the ideological battle with the U.S." The Washington Post. July 23, 2019.

I think it is relevant and should be included. -- Tobby72 (talk) 18:45, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why? The best way to gauge relevance here is probably to look at whether or not anyone else covered the opinion - I don't see evidence of that. There's no real context for this quote, and people write editorials all the time. I'm not sure why we would choose to include this one. Nblund^talk 19:45, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I also fail to understand why this should be included. Or why you chose to place this under "Career". McFaul is a Global Opinions Writer for the Washington Post so it's no surprise that he has publicly held views. I'm cursious as to why this passage, and only this one, belongs to this page. Pilaz (talk) 11:00, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Glaring omission: Ukraine

This article needs a good section regarding McFaul's role as US ambassador during the 2013-14 Ukraine crisis. All the more important in light of his nearly ubiquitous presence on US television during the current Ukraine crisis. Anomalous+0 (talk) 08:13, 13 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maddow show comments 03-11-22

https://twitter.com/maddowblog/status/1502499687290617856?s=21 McFaul seems to have appeared on MSNBC advocating a position that Adolf Hitler’s victims who died in the Holocaust were not German. This seems to me to be a position advocated by German Nazis notably contrary to fact, and as a particular ideological aim of those Nazis in order to maintain domestic German political support for the Holocaust. Discussion of these remarks may continue in coming days and will probably merit mention on McFaul’s page here as a notable part of his record as a public and diplomatic figure.2601:193:8301:AA30:B898:9016:EB4D:F34E (talk) 09:53, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "China is winning the ideological battle with the U.S." The Washington Post. July 23, 2019.

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 This article needs a good section regarding McFaul's role as US ambassador during the [[2013-14 Ukraine crisis]]. All the more important in light of his nearly ubiquitous presence on US television during the [[2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis|current Ukraine crisis]]. [[User:Anomalous+0|Anomalous+0]] ([[User talk:Anomalous+0|talk]]) 08:13, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
+== Maddow show comments 03-11-22 ==
+https://twitter.com/maddowblog/status/1502499687290617856?s=21
+McFaul seems to have appeared on MSNBC advocating a position that [[Adolf Hitler]]’s victims who died in the [[Holocaust]] were not [[German]]. This seems to me to be a position advocated by German [[Nazis]] notably contrary to fact, and as a particular ideological aim of those [[Nazis]] in order to maintain domestic German political support for the [[Holocaust]]. Discussion of these remarks may continue in coming days and will probably merit mention on McFaul’s page here as a notable part of his record as a public and diplomatic figure.[[Special:Contributions/2601:193:8301:AA30:B898:9016:EB4D:F34E|2601:193:8301:AA30:B898:9016:EB4D:F34E]] ([[User talk:2601:193:8301:AA30:B898:9016:EB4D:F34E|talk]]) 09:53, 12 March 2022 (UTC)