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From 2004-2015 Givens largely avoided politics to focus on career development and education. He published a letter to the editor of ''National Review'' in 2006 calling for Saddam Hussein to be tried in Iraq, rather than in an international tribunal, for crimes against the Iraqi people. While a graduate student, he penned an April 2008 column in ''The Richmond Times-Dispatch'' in which he advocated for U.S. nuclear sanctions against Iran to be linked to Tehran’s international support of terrorist organizations. | From 2004-2015 Givens largely avoided politics to focus on career development and education. He published a letter to the editor of ''National Review'' in 2006 calling for Saddam Hussein to be tried in Iraq, rather than in an international tribunal, for crimes against the Iraqi people. While a graduate student, he penned an April 2008 column in ''The Richmond Times-Dispatch'' in which he advocated for U.S. nuclear sanctions against Iran to be linked to Tehran’s international support of terrorist organizations. | ||
==Criticism and Praise of | ==Criticism and Praise of GOP== | ||
He criticized Republican governors in a December 2015 column in the ''Utica Observer-Dispatch'' for attempting to unilaterally block the entry of refugees into the United States. | |||
During a November 30, 2016 interview on WUTQ, Givens lamented what he saw as troubling early indications about the incoming Trump administration’s approach to immigration. He also disclosed on the air that he was a registered Republican. | |||
In early 2017, he posed a hypothetical question during an interview on WUTQ insinuating that Trump might be working as an agent of the Russian government. | |||
In March 2017, he praised the Trump administration during an interview on WUTQ for launching air strikes against the regime of Bashar al-Assad following its use of chemical weapons on Syrian civilians. | In March 2017, he praised the Trump administration during an interview on WUTQ for launching air strikes against the regime of Bashar al-Assad following its use of chemical weapons on Syrian civilians. | ||
In a May 2018 online column, he offered qualified support for Trump’s elimination of the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator position. | In a May 2018 online column, he offered qualified support for Trump’s elimination of the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator position. | ||