Sun Nov 15, 5:41 PM ET

Gov. M. Jodi Rell, center, pins promotions on departing troops of the 250th Engineer Company of New London, at a send-off ceremony held at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn., on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Two units of the Connecticut Army National Guard are sending 700 soldiers to the Middle East in the largest single deployment of Connecticut guard members since the Korean War. (AP Photo/George Ruhe)

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