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James Spader ($300)
Richard Stengel ($1,000)
Mark Cuban ($7,000)
Ed Koch ($28,192)
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Bobby Bowden ($15,500)
Al Davis ($19,000)
Rhea Perlman ($84,804)
Clint Eastwood ($4,750)
Andre Agassi ($189,500)
Ina Garten ($5,800)
Melissa Fitzgerald ($2,500)
Jerry Buss ($52,550)
Tom Freston ($140,345)
Holly Hunter ($5,000)
Molly Ivins ($1,250)
Mark Wahlberg ($3,000)
Timothy Dalton ($250)
Jackson Browne ($57,466)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Rick Pitino ($2,000)
Rosanna Arquette ($17,300)
Rita Wilson ($88,150)
Cindy Crawford ($3,300)
Warren Beatty ($37,393)
Bruce Hornsby ($10,320)
Chris Weitz ($24,838)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Dylan McDermott ($2,000)
Gloria Steinem ($55,515)
Tom Bergeron ($8,800)
Linda Ronstadt ($14,000)
Rush Limbaugh ($2,000)
Isaac Mizrahi ($18,765)
Ed Asner ($33,575)
Evander Holyfield ($6,000)
Campbell Scott ($250)
Garrison Keillor ($84,461)
Kevin Kline ($13,588)
Jeff Garlin ($250)
Rich Eisen ($1,500)
Drayton McLane Jr ($386,494)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Christian Slater ($6,550)
Stephon Marbury ($2,300)
David Caruso ($6,000)
Dennis Hopper ($5,000)
Jeremy Mayfield ($1,000)
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John AMBERG » CA » 90068
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AMBERG, JOHN W 90068 GEPHARDT, RICHARD A (D)$250 primary 07/28/92 AMBERG, JOHN W 90068 BRADLEY, BILL (D)$250 primary 04/03/89 Receive an alert every time new records are added to this search for John AMBERG.
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,444
2,972
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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