Selected Photos Moscow, May 9 2013. Photo by Vadim Preslitsky Mike McFaul briefs President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, February 24, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Barack Obama is briefed by, from left, NSC Chief of Staff Mark Lippert, Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia William J. Burns, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes, NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Mike McFaul, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Denis McDonough, in the Conference Room aboard Air Force One, during a flight to Moscow, Russia, July 5, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Barack Obama and members of the American delegation, including National Security Advisor General Jim Jones, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns, and NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Mike McFaul, meet with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at his dacha outside Moscow, Russia, July 7, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Barack Obama meets with Mike McFaul in the Oval Office, June 10, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by U.S Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, right, and Russian Chief of Protocol Yuriy Filatov, left, tours Red Square during his visit to Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on May 7, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain] Michael McFaul Headshot Michael McFaul Headshot Presenting "From Cold War to Hot Peace" at The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presenting "From Cold War to Hot Peace" at The Daily Show with Trevor Noah