This was not the first year that Rabbi Larry Bazer, the Joint Forces Chaplain for the Massachusetts National Guard, was asked to light the candles at the White House Hanukkah celebration.

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The governor there dispatched the National Guard to assist rescue efforts, and Connecticut Light and Power had begun dispatching crews to repair the electrical grid now that winds had subsided.

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In light of President Bush's announcement that he will send National Guard troops to bolster the Mexican bolder, Sen.

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