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Larry Brown ($1,000)
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Olivia Wilde ($500)
Nick Saban ($250)
Tom Ford ($24,550)
David Letterman ($4,600)
Patricia Clarkson ($750)
Rider Strong ($2,500)
David McCullough ($9,000)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Alonzo Mourning ($63,500)
Ed Harris ($17,350)
Sandra Bernhard ($3,039)
Jim Caviezel ($2,100)
LeVar Burton ($3,400)
Kyle MacLachlan ($1,000)
Garry Marshall ($76,900)
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Peyton Manning ($9,500)
Jeffrey Tambor ($250)
Albert Brooks ($250)
Jane Curtin ($14,200)
Joan Chen ($1,000)
Barry Switzer ($8,000)
Cris Collinsworth ($6,500)
Dan Castellaneta ($3,300)
Curtis Martin ($2,300)
Lance Berkman ($1,000)
Steve Guttenberg ($4,000)
Denny Crum ($2,654)
Mike Myers ($12,000)
Clyde Drexler ($2,000)
Scott Wolf ($2,000)
Stevie Nicks ($8,000)
Gary Ross ($70,122)
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Jason Segel ($250)
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Kristin Bright » NY » 10002
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Bright, Kristin 10002 OBAMA, BARACK (D)$250 general 10/15/08 Receive an alert every time new records are added to this search for Kristin Bright.
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,447
2,975
GIs Killed in Action
3,478
659
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
891
190
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,877
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 25, 2009
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