four years

and ms frenette has it right. i couldn't agree with her more!

Connecticut remembers four-year anniversary of Iraq War

by News Channel 8's Annie Rourke

Of the thousands of Americans killed since the war began, nearly 40-soldiers have called Connecticut home. Hundreds more have all ready served a tour or are on assignment now. .........

.........."I think that if Bush were to send his daughters there, pack them up, train them and send them out, he would have a really different opinion on this war," said Madeleine Frenette of Thomaston. Her 21-year-old son, Ruben Martinez is a marine and arrived in Iraq a week ago."..........