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Mike Glenn

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.

Articles by Mike Glenn

Panama's President Jose Mulino, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive for a meeting at presidential palace in Panama City, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Panama bids Belt and Road program goodbye after Rubio visit

When Panama signed up for China's vast Belt and Road Initiative in 2017, it became the first country in Latin America to join the massive international infrastructure financing project that Beijing has used to win friends and expand its influence around the world.

February 3, 2025
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be the Director of National Intelligence, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Gabbard says she won’t be ‘puppet’ in sharp hearing for intelligence chief’s post

President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's spy chief on Thursday faced almost three hours of grilling from lawmakers at a feisty and sometimes contentious confirmation hearing Thursday, as Democrats peppered former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard with questions about her experience in the intelligence field and judgment about international affairs.

January 30, 2025
Then-Army Lt. Gen. Randy George testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Top general says Army concentrating on battlefield needs, not politics

The Army's top officer on Wednesday said the service's senior officers aren't obsessing over the changing political landscape that returned President Donald Trump to the White House and brought former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to the Pentagon as secretary of defense.

January 29, 2025