It's hard to get far in Vermont without running into someone with a sister, brother, cousin or co-worker deployed in Iraq. The tiny, leafy-green New England state is not what most would consider a hotbed of military families, but the opposite is true. More Vermonters have been deployed to Iraq per-capita than any other state in the nation, and what's more, Vermont owns the dubious distinction of having suffered the most casualties per-capita, with seven active-duty service members and four Guard members killed in Iraq as of mid-February. If that doesn't seem like a very big number, remember that there are fewer than 700,000 people in Vermont. It's tough to blame them for getting frustrated.
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