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        <text><![CDATA[Military Family Peace-of-Mind Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from publicly releasing the name or any other personally identifying information of any member of the armed forces who while on active duty or performing inactive duty for training is killed or injured, whose duty status becomes unknown, or who is otherwise considered a casualty, until 24 hours has elapsed after notification of the next-of-kin of such member.]]></text>
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