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Jules Asner ($2,000)
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Clint Eastwood ($4,750)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
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Herbie Hancock ($9,560)
Maria Shriver ($19,900)
Penny Marshall ($29,258)
Jasper Johns ($10,000)
Eddie Murphy ($30,800)
Tony La Russa ($500)
Larry Flynt ($49,074)
Tom Robbins ($4,250)
Steven Soderbergh ($44,600)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
Whoopi Goldberg ($9,000)
Tom Izzo ($450)
Matt Damon ($89,600)
Dermot Mulroney ($3,500)
Jeff Burton ($3,000)
Ron Howard ($194,192)
Geena Davis ($37,450)
Cheryl Hines ($2,000)
William Hurt ($5,000)
John Wells ($209,650)
Bob Newhart ($10,750)
Connie Schultz ($4,200)
Eric Roberts ($375)
Rick Schroder ($1,750)
Aretha Franklin ($2,000)
Henry Winkler ($35,000)
Peter Ueberroth ($39,000)
James Earl Jones ($599)
Gil Cates ($19,400)
Burt Bacharach ($74,650)
Larry Gatlin ($15,490)
Steven Weber ($4,300)
Norman Lear ($1,029,555)
Drew Curtis ($1,500)
Alex Trebek ($3,000)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
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Arthur Blank ($285,800)
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McCain Says He Enjoyed Palin Book 9:44 AM Postal Service to Resume North Pole Santa Letters 9:32 AM GOP: Health Test Recommendations Could Affect Care 9:24 AM Rocket Hits Outside Luxury Hotel in Afghan Capital 9:20 AM US to Drop Shooting Case Against Blackwater Guard 9:19 AM Life Requested for US Suspect in Italy Murder Case 9:19 AM Turkey ‘Gives Israel Deadline’ for Drone Delivery 9:10 AM Sri Lanka to Free War-Displaced Civilians 9:10 AM Turkey Sticks to Nuclear Power Plan 9:10 AM EU Criticises Financial Pledges to GM Europe 9:10 AM Putin Backs Medvedev’s Call for Russia Modernization 9:10 AM Austria in Talks With Russia Over South Stream 9:10 AM China Says 42 Dead, 66 Trapped in Mine Explosion 9:08 AM Germany to Send Trial Observer to NY 9:07 AM Iraq Working for Release of Americans Held in Iran 9:04 AM African Movie Gets People Talking 9:02 AM 9 am
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,439
2,967
GIs Killed in Action
3,476
649
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
889
192
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,883
2,678
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
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$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
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