Marine General to Lead Iraq Survey Group

By Thomas Duffy / June 30, 2004 at 5:00 AM
Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Joseph McMenamin has taken over as director of the Iraq Survey Group, which has been searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq for more than a year, the Defense Department announced today. McMenamin had been serving as the commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot/Eastern Recruiting Region, Parris Island, SC. McMenamin replaces Army Maj. Gen. Keith Dayton, who was named to head the ISG in May 2003. Dayton will become the director of strategy, plans and...

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