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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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A display case of photos is seen outside the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on April 2, 2022. Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja flew to the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in a bid to prevent a China military presence in the South Pacific Island nation. (AP Photo/Charley Piringi) **FILE**

U.S. officials to visit Solomon Islands amid China concerns

The Biden administration is sending State Department and Pentagon officials to the Solomon Islands amid concerns that the South Pacific nation is cementing a security alliance with China that could prove detrimental to its traditional partners -- the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

April 18, 2022
The luxury yacht "Dilbar" lies completely covered in the Blohm+Voss dock Elbe 17 in Hamburg, Germany, Wedenesday, April 13, 2022. After weeks of investigation, the BKA has found the true owner of the super yacht "Dilbar" lying in the port of Hamburg. It is a sister of the oligarch Usmanov, who is also subject to sanctions because of the war in Ukraine. (Jonas Walzberg/dpa via AP)

Russian superyacht nabbed by German authorities

A Russian billionaire with close ties to the highest power brokers in Moscow lost assets worth as much as $735 million in one fell swoop this week after German authorities impounded his superyacht, the Dilbar.

April 15, 2022
The Russian missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, is seen anchored in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, on Sept. 11, 2008. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the ship was damaged Wednesday, April 13, 2022, but not that it was hit by Ukraine. The Ministry says ammunition on board detonated as a result of a fire whose causes "were being established," and the Moskva's entire crew was evacuated. (AP Photo, File)

Sinking of storied flagship latest blow to Russian war push

An invasion of Ukraine that has not gone according to Russia's plans took another high-profile hit Thursday as the flagship of the Kremlin's Black Sea fleet sank and President Biden hinted he may visit Ukraine in the coming days to bolster the government of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

April 14, 2022
Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto, left and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde take part in a joint press conference with Sweden's Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist, and his Finnish counterpart Antti Kaikkonen, in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 2, 2022, after talks on European security. Throughout the Cold War and in the decades since it ended, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would be better off joining NATO, until now. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has profoundly changed Europe’s security outlook, including for Nordic neutrals Finland and Sweden, where support for joining NATO has surged to record levels. (Anders Wiklund, TT News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Furious Russia warns Sweden, Finland over potential NATO bid

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev vowed that Russia will beef up its military forces along its western borders if Sweden and Finland join the NATO alliance. It would mean increasing the number of ground troops and air defense systems in the region along with deploying "substantial" naval forces in the Gulf of Finland.

April 14, 2022
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda speaks a media conference at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, March 21, 2022. Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the European Union's 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence upon Moscow. “From this month on — no more Russian gas in Lithuania. Years ago, my country made decisions that today allow us with no pain to break energy ties with the aggressor. If we can do it, the rest of Europe can do it too!" Nauseda tweeted Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, file)

Eastern European NATO leaders visiting Ukraine in show of support against Russia

The presidents of Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are the latest NATO national leaders to visit Ukraine and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a show of solidarity nearly seven weeks after Russian forces invaded the country. The four nations on the front lines of the clash with Russia have been among the strongest voices inside NATO for a tougher, more aggressive stand against the Kremlin.

April 13, 2022
In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with the country's top officials in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday insisted negotiations over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal “are going ahead properly,” even after repeated comments by American officials that an agreement to restore the accord may not happen. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Retired generals, admirals speak out against Biden’s proposed Iran nuclear deal

A former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and a retired Army general who once commanded all U.S. troops in Korea are among dozens of retired senior military officers publicly opposing a revived nuclear deal with Iran, amid signs the Biden administration and other world powers may be close to an agreement with Tehran.

April 13, 2022
A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 6, 2022. Russia is bracing up for a massive new offensive in eastern Ukraine, hoping to reverse its fortunes on the battlefield after a catastrophic start of the invasion. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

GOP senators say Biden should share more intelligence support to Ukraine

The Republican members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are pressing the Biden administration to step up its information-sharing with Ukraine following Russia's invasion in late February, which has cost thousands of lives and triggered Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II.

April 12, 2022