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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 man walks by a display of surveillance technologies for Huawei, one of the Chinese tech companies sanctioned by the U.S. government for national security concerns, during the Security China 2023 in Beijing, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. After years of breakneck growth, China's security and surveillance industry is now focused on shoring up its vulnerabilities to the United States and other outside actors, worried about risks posed by hackers, advances in artificial intelligence and pressure from rival governments. The renewed emphasis on self-reliance, combating fraud and hardening systems against hacking was on display at the recent Security China exhibition in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

New York tech company admits selling Chinese security products as American-made

The owner of a New York-based tech company told his customers -- including the U.S. government -- that his security and surveillance equipment was manufactured in the U.S. But federal prosecutors this week said the "Made in the USA" labels on the products offered by Aventura Technologies Inc. were a lie.

March 20, 2024
Retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, former commander of the U.S. Central Command, appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Generals fault State in Afghanistan; witnesses say mix of factors led to chaos in troop withdrawal

A delayed State Department decision on withdrawing U.S. citizens was a key factor in the chaotic and bloody final days of the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, former Joint Chiefs of Staff head Gen. Mark A. Milley said, contributing to the vulnerability that left 13 U.S. service personnel and some 170 Afghans dead after a terrorist bombing at Kabul's international airport in August 2021.

March 19, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, confers with Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, while joined at right by Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Reed praises Schumer’s harsh critique of Israel’s Netanyahu

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday praised Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer's scathing denunciation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, calling it a "very courageous speech" from a lawmaker long known as a supporter of Israel.

March 18, 2024
President Joe Biden meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Welcomed at White House, Polish leaders push a spending boost for NATO

Polish President Andrzej Duda's recent call for NATO members to devote 3% of their gross domestic product to national defense isn't an outrageous request, even though many of the alliance's 32 members have yet to meet the 2% benchmark agreed to a decade ago, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Tuesday.

March 12, 2024
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, on topics including artificial intelligence and the delay in the Senate on confirming military nominations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pentagon rolls out new budget with old spending asks still pending

The Pentagon on Monday rolled out its annual financial request to Congress for fiscal year 2025 while reminding lawmakers that they have yet to pass last year's defense budget or a supplemental request for Ukraine and Israel to support their ongoing wars against Russia and Hamas.

March 11, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a gathering of Jewish leaders at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Netanyahu: Most Israelis overwhelmingly back plan to destroy Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the White House agrees that destroying Hamas as a fighting force is critical to Israel's security, despite President Biden's hot mic moment at last week's State of the Union address where he said a "Come to Jesus" meeting was needed between the two leaders over the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

March 11, 2024
Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen outside Sanaa on Jan. 22, 2024. Russia and China on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military sites used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea, disrupting global shipping. (AP Photo, File)

U.S. Mideast commander says Iran orchestrating proxy attacks across region

Iran is behind a wave of violence throughout the Middle East in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, arming and encouraging proxy groups like the Houthis in Yemen and increasing the risk of direct attacks on U.S. and Western interests in the region, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East told lawmakers on Thursday.

March 7, 2024
The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building is seen Friday, June 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Army intelligence analyst accused of selling military secrets to China

An Army intelligence analyst is accused of selling a trove of national security secrets to China, including potential U.S. military plans in the event Taiwan comes under attack, documents related to hypersonic weapons, and studies on the future development of U.S. military forces.

March 7, 2024