Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has asked Army Gen. Bryan "Doug" Brown, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, to extend his tour as leader of the Tampa, FL-based organization, a move that will keep the four-star Special Forces officer in charge of U.S. military counterterrorism efforts through at least September 2007, according to Pentagon and congressional sources. Brown has agreed to the request, made informally in a telephone conversation with Rumsfeld, and will stay on an additional year, sources familiar with...
