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'''Austen Givens,''' a Republican, is a national security policy analyst from Virginia.  
'''Austen Givens''' is a [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Neo-Libertarian/ neo-libertarian] and supporter of Pete Buttigieg's 2020 Presidential campaign.  


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.  
In 2015, Givens penned an op-ed sharply criticizing Republican governors for [https://www.uticaod.com/article/20151206/OPINION/151209727/ opposing the entry] of refugees into the United States.  


He was a public supporter of George W. Bush’s 2004 Presidential campaign and the U.S.-led war in Iraq. During the summer of 2003 and briefly during the summer of 2004, he was an intern in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. In August 2003 he traveled to Israel for a series of seminars on counterterrorism conducted at [https://www.inss.org.il/ Tel Aviv University] under the auspices of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
He began his political career as an intern in the Capitol Hill offices of [https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/Representative John Boozman (R-AR)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Davis the late Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)]. In December 2004 he left Capitol Hill to take an entry-level job in the international trade division of [https://www.wileyrein.com/ Wiley, Rein & Fielding LP], a law firm co-founded by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_F._Fielding Reagan White House Counsel Fred Fielding].  


After graduating from UVA, Givens served as an intern in the Capitol Hill offices of [https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/ then-Representative John Boozman (R-AR)] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Davis the late Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)]. In December 2004 he left Capitol Hill to take an entry-level job in the international trade division of [https://www.wileyrein.com/ Wiley, Rein & Fielding LP], a law firm co-founded by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_F._Fielding Reagan White House Counsel Fred Fielding].
While a graduate student, he penned an April 2008 column in ''The Richmond Times-Dispatch'' [https://www.richmond.com/news/the-case-against-iran/article_8e268d43-bbf1-5286-a01d-4037e63cac3b.html/ 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.


He was Temporary County Chair for the [[Oneida County Libertarian Party]] from February 11—March 4, 2018.
He was Temporary County Chair for the [[Oneida County Libertarian Party]] from February 11—March 4, 2018.

Revision as of 14:48, 9 February 2020

Austen Givens
Temporary County Chair
Oneida County Libertarian Party
February 11, 2018—March 4, 2018
Predecessor: Charles Millar
Successor: Craig Miles
Personal Details
Party: Democrat

Austen Givens is a neo-libertarian and supporter of Pete Buttigieg's 2020 Presidential campaign.

In 2015, Givens penned an op-ed sharply criticizing Republican governors for opposing the entry of refugees into the United States.

He began his political career as an intern in the Capitol Hill offices of John Boozman (R-AR) and the late Jo Ann Davis (R-VA). In December 2004 he left Capitol Hill to take an entry-level job in the international trade division of Wiley, Rein & Fielding LP, a law firm co-founded by Reagan White House Counsel Fred Fielding.

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 was Temporary County Chair for the Oneida County Libertarian Party from February 11—March 4, 2018.

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