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Jennie Taylor, wife of fallen Utah soldier Brent Taylor, to attend Trump’s State of the Union address

Washington • Jennie Taylor, the widow of fallen Utah soldier Brent Taylor, the former North Ogden mayor, will be a guest at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, announced Thursday that Jennie Taylor would attend the president's annual address to Congress. She'll sit in the gallery of the House as an honored guest.

Brent Taylor, a major in the Utah National Guard, was killed in Afghanistan by a rogue Afghan soldier in November. He had taken a year leave as mayor of North Ogden for his second tour in Afghanistan and had previously served two tours in Iraq.