WASHINGTON GOV. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE speaks to approximately 150 Washington National Guardsmen Tuesday at the Cannon Air Defense Complex to thank them for their service at the U.S./Mexico border for the past month. PHOTO BY JACOB LOPEZ/THE SUN

WASHINGTON GOV. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE speaks to approximately 150 Washington National Guardsmen Tuesday at the Cannon Air Defense Complex to thank them for their service at the U.S./Mexico border for the past month. PHOTO BY JACOB LOPEZ/THE SUN