19. Gov. Douglas delivers the State of the State address

Gov. Jim Douglas delivered the 2006 State of the State address on January 5th, 2006. The text of the speech is available as a pdf file from this URL, left menu:
http://www.vermont.gov/governor/govbio.html

Milton's Doran Metzger's current service to the country in Iraq is mentioned on page 2.

It is perhaps the men and women of the Vermont National Guard who today best illustrate the strength and resilience of Vermont. We’ve been fortunate in the last few weeks to welcome home hundreds of our loved ones, our friends and our neighbors who have returned from their deployments—but there are still many for whom we pray, including a member of this General Assembly, Representative Doran Metzger.