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        <fullName>Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Forgotten Military Widows Annuity Act of 2007 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to make eligible under a Department of Defense (DOD) survivor annuity program that currently allows a survivor annuity to be paid to the unremarried surviving spouses of certain members of the Armed Forces who died before October 1, 1978, those surviving spouses who: (1) remarried after age 55; or (2) remarried at any age, but whose subsequent marriage was terminated due to death, annulment, or divorce.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To expand a Department of Defense survivor annuity program that covers unremarried surviving spouses of certain members of the uniformed services who died before October 1, 1978, to include any otherwise eligible surviving spouse who remarries after age 55 or whose remarriage before age 55 is terminated.</title>
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