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Tommy Chong ($750)
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JOAN AKMAN » MD » 20815
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Akman, Joan 20815 OBAMA, BARACK (D)$1,000 general 10/27/08 AKMAN, JOAN 20815 LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH I (D)$250 primary 10/01/06 AKMAN, JOAN E 20815 CARDIN, BENJAMIN L (D)$500 primary 06/09/06 AKMAN, JOAN ENGLAND 20815 TSONGAS, PAUL E (D)$250 primary 02/26/92 Receive an alert every time new records are added to this search for JOAN AKMAN.
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/23/09 — 17,210,953 records.
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,446
2,974
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
, AP
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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