Hall of Fame
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
Jodie Foster ($43,850)
Jennifer Aniston ($30,800)
Danny Glover ($8,825)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Dan Reeves ($18,500)
Tom Izzo ($450)
Jerry Zucker ($70,266)
Bob Newhart ($10,750)
Oleg Cassini ($21,250)
Diane English ($10,750)
Spike Lee ($20,500)
Tommy Tune ($9,875)
Chris Zorich ($1,000)
Les Kinsolving ($650)
Paul Haggis ($18,050)
Josh Radnor ($2,250)
Rosie O'Donnell ($198,600)
Carol Leifer ($8,250)
Davis Guggenheim ($7,550)
Ken Burns ($41,050)
Jeremy Sisto ($2,000)
Anthony Edwards ($6,997)
Roger Ebert ($1,500)
Dixie Carter ($4,000)
Whoopi Goldberg ($9,000)
Billie Joe Armstrong ($6,900)
John Davidson ($550)
Frank McCourt ($106,287)
Chuck Lorre ($12,300)
Lance Berkman ($1,000)
Andy Griffith ($2,500)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Ernest Borgnine ($2,500)
Eddie Murphy ($30,800)
Peter Buck ($12,092)
Nancy Walls ($10,000)
Peter Chernin ($265,713)
Dr Phil McGraw ($1,000)
Steven Bochco ($95,508)
Calvin Klein ($310,950)
Noam Chomsky ($2,450)
Jennifer Tilly ($250)
Jada Pinkett Smith ($36,600)
David Caruso ($6,000)
Natalie Portman ($4,300)
Katrina Leung ($6,700)
Doris Kearns Goodwin ($1,400)
Steffi Graf ($19,800)
Doyle Brunson ($39,900)
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Hall of Fame ► Business Executives
James McDermott, Jr
former chairman of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.; charged with insider-trading (settled)
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
722
Election Picks: 2 wins, 0 losses
$3,500* Republican $1,000 Democrat total: $4,500
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J JR BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 KEEFE BRUYEETE & WOODSGeorge W Bush (R) President BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.Won $1,000 primary 09/29/99
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (soft-money donation) - $500 primary 07/18/96
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 KEEFE BRUYETTE & WOODS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $500 primary 05/31/96
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 KEEF BRUYETTE & WOOD INCBill Clinton (D) President CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INCWon $1,000 primary 09/30/95
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 KEEFE BRUYETTE & WOODS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $500 primary 09/16/94
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 KEEFE BRUYETTE & WOODS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $500 primary 03/02/94
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 KEEFE BRUYETTE & WOODS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $250 primary 10/28/93
MCDERMOTT, JAMES J JR BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $250 primary 07/06/93
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,558
3,086
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
722
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
906
206
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,930
2,953
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
98,000
68,000
Brookings
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
casualty status updated March 8, 2010
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