Skip to content

Watch

What does it take to turn downtown Washington into an IndyCar track?

TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement
Author profile
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

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who heads the Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, speaks at an event at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 21, 2023. The top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East says Yemen’s Houthi rebels are showing no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. But Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said in an Associated Press interview on Saturday that more nations are joining the international maritime mission to protect vessels in the vital waterway and trade traffic is beginning to pick up. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Houthis launch sea drone to attack ships hours after U.S., allies issue final warning

A drone boat packed with explosives detonated within "a couple of miles" of U.S. Navy warships and commercial vessels off the coast of Yemen on Thursday, only hours after the White House and several other countries issued a "final warning" to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels to cease attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea or face possible military action.

January 4, 2024
Palestinian demonstrators wave Hamas flags and shout slogans during a protest following the killing of top Hamas official Saleh Arouri in Beirut, in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Arouri, the No. 2 figure in Hamas, was killed in an explosion blamed on Israel. He is the highest-ranked Hamas figure to be killed in the nearly three-month war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel suspected as drone strike kills senior Hamas officials in Beirut

A senior Hamas official who headed the group's operations in Lebanon and was a key liaison to Iran and Palestinians living in the West Bank was among seven people killed Tuesday when an explosion ripped through a neighborhood in Beirut, according to Lebanon's state-run news agency.

January 2, 2024
People demonstrate next to Yeni Cami (New Mosque) to show solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Tens of thousands gathered in Istanbul to rally against the war in Israel on the first day of the new year. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey arrests 33 people accused of spying for Israel

Turkish police apprehended 33 people accused of spying on behalf of Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, and targeting foreigners living in the country, Turkey's interior minister said Tuesday.

January 2, 2024
Airmen with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron use a forklift to move 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. When U.S. lawmakers approved a spending bill Saturday, Sept. 30, that averted a widely expected government shutdown, the measure didn’t include the $6 billion in military assistance that Ukraine said it urgently needed. Now the Pentagon, White House and European allies are urging Congress to quickly reconsider. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon again draws weapons from U.S. military storage for Ukraine

The Pentagon is again dipping into its own stock to provide Ukraine with up to $250 million worth of firepower, including artillery ammunition and anti-tank weapons as Kyiv fends off slow but steady Russian advances in the disputed Donetsk region.

December 27, 2023
Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. International aid agencies say Gaza is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies as a result of the two and a half month war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel deciphering logistical roadblocks to deliver aid to Gaza

Israel said it's not impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The problem involves "logistical limitations and challenges" for any international organization providing help during a time of war, the Israeli Defense Forces said.

December 27, 2023
A Patriot missile mobile launcher is displayed outside the Fort Sill Army Post near Lawton, Okla., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Soldiers from Ukraine have been training on the weapon system at Fort Sill since January and will soon deploy to Ukraine with a Patriot missile battery. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

Tokyo to sell Patriot missiles to Washington to help reload U.S. stockpiles

Japan has agreed to sell Patriot interceptor missiles to the U.S., a major shift from Tokyo's post-World War II policy against exporting military weapons. On Friday, the White House said the transfer will help replenish U.S. inventories while Washington arms Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

December 22, 2023