Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Senator Patrick Leahy speaks to employers whose workers are on active duty with Vermont National Guard; Howard Dean questions the timing of the recent terrorism alert; VPIRG advocates for wind power projects on state land; Congressman Bernie Sanders testifies in London on Gulf War Syndrome; top Vermont officials tour the Mississquoi Bay Bridge construction.
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