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'''Austen Givens''' | '''Austen Givens''' was Temporary County Chair for the [[Oneida County Libertarian Party]] from February 11—March 4, 2018. | ||
Givens is a former undergraduate fellow with the [https://www.fdd.org/ Foundation for Defense of Democracies], a foreign policy and national security research institution in Washington, DC. While a student at the University of Virginia, he published columns in student-run publications ''The Cavalier Daily'' and the now-defunct ''The Virginia Advocate'' pressing for hawkish U.S. foreign policy positions. | Givens is a former undergraduate fellow with the [https://www.fdd.org/ Foundation for Defense of Democracies], a foreign policy and national security research institution in Washington, DC. While a student at the University of Virginia, he published columns in student-run publications ''The Cavalier Daily'' and the now-defunct ''The Virginia Advocate'' pressing for hawkish U.S. foreign policy positions. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
[[Category:Biographies]] | [[Category:Biographies]] | ||