Rumsfeld Eyes Marines to Boost Commando Ranks for Terror War (Updated)

By Jason Sherman / May 19, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Editor's note: This story has been modified since its initial publication. See clarification below. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is considering permanently assigning thousands of Marines for the first time to U.S. Special Operations Command in a bid to find additional elite commando forces to carry out the U.S. global war on terrorism, according to defense officials. Rumsfeld met today with Gen. Michael Hagee, commandant of the Marine Corps, and Army Gen. Bryan Brown, head of the Tampa, FL-based Special Operations...

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