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Danbury Army Reservist, Conn. DVA Commissioner, promoted to Lt. Col.

State Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Tom Saadi, who serves as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army Reserves, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. A ceremony was held last weekend at the 352nd Civil Affairs Command headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland. 

Saadi says he was humbled to receive the promotion and thankful to his mentors.  Saadi is the Chief International Law Officer for Governance in the Function Specialty Team of the 352 CACOM.  While his wife Valerie and their twins Sabrina and Jacob were not able to attend the ceremony, they celebrated his promotion upon his return home. 

Governor Lamont congratulated the Commissioner on his promotion, saying he's proud to have a dedicated and celebrated publican servant on his team.  The longtime Danbury resident and former twenty-year member of the Danbury City Council, has served as DVA Commissioner since October 2017.

He also served as Chief of Staff and General Counsel under former state Veterans Affairs Commissioner Sean Connolly and was a Connecticut Assistant Attorney General and Special Prosecutor.  Before his assignment with the 352nd CACOM Saadi served as Chief of National Security Law for the 412th Theater Engineer Command after completing an active-duty mobilization at Watervliet Arsenalin New York.  Saadi has also served as the Chief Legal Officer for the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion and with the 4th Legal Operations Detachment.

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