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Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
JoBeth Williams ($8,250)
Bebe Neuwirth ($1,600)
Ian Gomez ($250)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Gordie Howe ($1,000)
Pat Bowlen ($43,250)
Virginia Halas McCaskey ($30,200)
Seth Rogen ($30,400)
Ben Stiller ($49,400)
Roger Penske ($458,850)
Kathy Griffin ($4,300)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
Alan Cumming ($2,300)
Diane Keaton ($9,000)
Cheryl Hines ($2,000)
Joel Schumacher ($7,250)
Mary Tyler Moore ($18,500)
Phyllis Schlafly ($11,101)
Jack Nicklaus ($12,475)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Amy Brenneman ($12,000)
Martin Sheen ($7,500)
Cameron Diaz ($26,200)
Bob Weinstein ($128,400)
George Bodenheimer ($81,480)
Lauren Bacall ($2,000)
John Elway ($47,600)
Tony Bennett ($8,900)
Bob Barker ($3,000)
Maria Bello ($4,300)
Tim LaHaye ($10,300)
Mike Shanahan ($1,000)
Jay Roach ($20,600)
Madeleine Stowe ($2,800)
Holly Hunter ($5,000)
Paul Haggis ($18,050)
Sam Simon ($65,300)
Cindy Crawford ($3,300)
Howie Mandel ($5,000)
Eddie Murphy ($30,800)
Sam Wyche ($4,500)
Sharon Lawrence ($18,658)
Sean Young ($2,700)
Jill Eikenberry ($6,000)
Sam Seder ($2,050)
Anthony Edwards ($6,997)
George Karl ($9,900)
Andy Garcia ($500)
Howard Stern ($4,350)
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,727
3,255
GIs Killed in Action
3,489
895
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
928
214
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,980
3,969
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
92,000
94,000
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2010)
$791 Bln
$269 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$288 Mil
$82 Mil
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