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Mike Glenn

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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he gives his annual state of the nation address in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin blames the U.S. and its Western allies for the war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday doubled down on his condemnation of the West, blaming it for the war in Ukraine while denying Russian responsibility for a brutal conflict fast approaching its first anniversary that has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.

February 21, 2023
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's annual news conference in Moscow, Jan. 18, 2023. Russia on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 angrily rejected the Moldovan president's claims about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government and accused Moldovan authorities of trying to distract public attention away from the country's own domestic problems. Zakharova insisted that Russia poses no threat to Moldova and hopes to develop mutually beneficial cooperation. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Kremlin warns Ukraine against becoming too close to U.S. after Biden visit

In the Kremlin's first response to President Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that President Volodomyr Zelenskyy's fate could mirror those of past leaders who aligned themselves too closely with Washington.

February 20, 2023
US President Joe Biden, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talk at the "Walk of the Brave", during an unannounced visit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. The "Walk of the Brave" name plates mark those who have helped in the struggle against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Biden’s surprise trip to Ukraine was months in the planning: White House

American presidents have visited active war zones in the past, such as Iraq and Afghanistan during the decadeslong war on terror. Still, President Biden's surprise trip to Ukraine on Monday is the first in which the U.S. military presence on the ground is virtually nonexistent.

February 20, 2023
In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, Su-30 fighters of the Russian and Belarusian air forces fly in a joint mission during the Union Courage-2022 Russia-Belarus military drills in Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) ** FILE **

Russian military jets tracked in U.S. air defense zone near Alaska

Combat fighter jets assigned to the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted four Russian military aircraft this week that were approaching the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. It was the second such incident in as many days, NORAD officials said.

February 17, 2023
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

GOP Sen. Hawley: U.S. military should focus on China, not Ukraine

As the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches, a leading conservative Republican voice in Congress said it was time to let European allies take the lead in the fight to allow the U.S. military to focus its attention on China.

February 16, 2023
An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Vaunted Russian military overhaul fares poorly amid setbacks

Russia's abysmal battlefield record in Ukraine is calling into serious question the effectiveness of post-Soviet military reforms that were supposed to transform Moscow's army into a modern, well-equipped and competent force, according to an authoritative survey of the world's major military powers released Wednesday.

February 15, 2023