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Mike Glenn

mglenn@washingtontimes.com

Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.

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Activists supporting Ukraine demonstrate outside the Capitol in Washington on April 20, 2024. The Senate is returning to Washington to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine and Israel. They are taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Fast-tracked weapons for Ukraine could arrive ‘within days,’ Pentagon says

The legislative logjam has finally been broken in Washington, but how soon that will change the equation on the battlefields of Ukraine is another question. The Pentagon on Tuesday said it could open up the weapons pipeline to Ukraine "within days" the moment the Senate and President Biden give final approval for $61 billion in military assistance for Kyiv that had been stalled on Capitol Hill for months.

April 23, 2024
With his face painted in the colors of the Iranian flag, a man weeps as he waves Iranian and Palestinian flags in the annual rally to mark Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, in support of Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 5, 2024. In the rally in Tehran, thousands attended a funeral procession for the seven Revolutionary Guard members killed in an airstrike widely attributed to Israel that destroyed Iran's Consulate in the Syrian capital on Monday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran launches major drone attack against Israel

Iran on Saturday launched a coordinated drone attack on Israel, according to Israeli and U.S. officials, as Tehran brushed off warnings from the Biden administration and appeared willing to escalate its standoff with Jerusalem.

April 13, 2024
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks to reporters as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pay raises, affordable child care recommended for U.S. military

A bipartisan congressional panel examining the quality of life for U.S. service members wants to raise the pay for junior military personnel by 15%, expand allowances for housing and food, and increase access to affordable child care.

April 12, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a defendants’ cage for a hearing in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2023. The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March 2023 and accused of espionage, charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government all deny. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian diplomat says Moscow and Washington discussing prisoner swap through third party

The U.S. and Russia are in secret discussions about a possible prisoner swap that could see the return of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a Marine Corps veteran and corporate security executive now serving a 16-year jail prison sentence on espionage charges, according to a Russian state media report.

April 12, 2024
Then-Lt. Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla gives a speech March 5, 2021, in Fort Campbell, Ky. (Spc. Andrea Notter/U.S. Army via AP) **FILE**

U.S. Central Command general visiting Israel as Iran threatens attack

The head of U.S. Central Command traveled to Israel Thursday for high-level discussions with military officials about Iran's threat to launch an attack against the Jewish state in retaliation for an Israeli air strike that killed a top Iranian general in Syria last week.

April 11, 2024