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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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A Ukrainian serviceman stands at his position at the line of separation between Ukraine-held territory and rebel-held territory near Svitlodarsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden announced the U.S. was ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russia, declaring that Moscow had flagrantly violated international law in what he called the "beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine." (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Biden imposes new sanctions as Putin escalates war in Ukraine

President Biden widened the slate of U.S. sanctions against Russia in response to military moves on Ukraine on Wednesday, but it was not enough to prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from ordering a major escalation of his war against Ukraine.

February 23, 2022
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ukraine’s top diplomat meets with Pentagon officials

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to send troops into breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine threatens the peace and prosperity of the trans-Atlantic community and attacks the very notion of an independent Ukraine, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Tuesday before a meeting at the Pentagon with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

February 22, 2022
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg prepares to address a media conference after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. World leaders are getting over the shock of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his forces into separatist regions of Ukraine and they are focusing on producing as forceful a reaction as possible. Germany made the first big move Tuesday and took steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO chief Stoltenberg says Russia ready to expand invasion of Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday Moscow has been building a "massive" military force in and around Ukraine for several months, and warned President Vladimir Putin's recognition Monday of two separatist Ukrainian regions is likely only the first step in a larger military operation against Russia's neighbor.

February 22, 2022
A type 054A guided missile frigate "Wuhu," prepares to dock at Manila's South Harbor for a four-day port call Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. The Australian Defense Department says a Chinese navy ship fired a laser at one of its surveillance aircraft, putting the lives of the crew in danger. It says the incident happened on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, when the P-8A Poseidon plane detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Australia says China fired laser at one of its planes

Australia is accusing the Chinese navy of firing a laser at one of its anti-submarine warfare aircraft off the northern coast in an incident that threatens to worsen relations between the two Pacific countries.

February 21, 2022
In this photo made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, Russian marines take their position during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground in Belarus. Russia has deployed troops to its ally Belarus for sweeping joint military drills that run through Sunday, fueling Western concerns that Moscow could use the exercise to attack Ukraine from the north. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

U.S. intel says Russia has decided to invade Ukraine

U.S. intelligence has reportedly revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to invade Ukraine, while Moscow extended on Sunday its military exercises in Belarus along Ukraine's northern border.

February 20, 2022