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David Ogden Stiers ($10,650)
Mary Higgins Clark ($61,900)
Sofia Coppola ($3,250)
Horatio Sanz ($1,000)
Dick Cavett ($500)
James Ellroy ($500)
Paul Haggis ($17,050)
Robert 'Lute' Olson ($104,955)
Julia Sweeney ($2,318)
Jon Cryer ($3,000)
Larry David ($194,100)
Jerry Buss ($52,550)
Davis Love III ($4,700)
Christopher Ruddy ($35,700)
Dan Rooney ($82,800)
Al Franken ($57,653)
Sharon Gless ($14,800)
Robert Greenwald ($46,761)
Natalie Portman ($4,300)
Diane English ($9,750)
Al Jarreau ($500)
Francine Pascal ($3,500)
Wolfgang Puck ($1,700)
Anne Rice ($89,583)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Ellen Pompeo ($4,600)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Annie Leibovitz ($8,300)
Spike Jonze ($7,500)
Chuck Palahniuk ($2,000)
Marla Gibbs ($3,900)
Eddie Izzard ($46,400)
Billy Joel ($13,550)
James Cameron ($13,000)
Greta Van Susteren ($3,100)
Bobby Bowden ($15,500)
Matt Damon ($89,600)
Amber Tamblyn ($4,300)
Phyllis George ($18,200)
Marina Sirtis ($5,100)
Jim Cramer ($261,000)
John Lithgow ($4,450)
John O'Hurley ($2,300)
Betty Thomas ($13,700)
Daryl Hannah ($800)
Alan Arkin ($250)
Tim Gunn ($1,000)
Jill Eikenberry ($6,000)
Peter Ueberroth ($39,000)
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Hall of Fame ► Politics
Richard Ben-Veniste , 66 (bio ) attorney, 9/11 commissioner
NEWS MEAT
409
Election Picks: 18 wins, 9 losses
$1,000 Republican $29,325 Democrat $500 special interest total: $30,825
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election
Amount
Date
FEC
BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Daniel K. Inouye (D) - $500 primary 08/04/09 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 - $500 primary 11/19/08 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 - $250 primary 10/23/08 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 - $2,500 primary 09/08/08 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20006 Hillary Clinton (D) - $-2,300 general 08/28/08 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Carl Levin (D)Won $500 primary 09/18/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20016 John P. Sarbanes (D)Won $500 primary 07/06/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20006 Hillary Clinton (D)Lost $2,300 general 06/30/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard Mr. 20006 Chris Dodd (D)Lost $1,000 primary 06/18/07 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20036 Hillary Clinton (D)Lost $2,300 primary 03/14/07 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD Bob, Jr. Casey (D)Won $500 general 10/19/06 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20016 John P. Sarbanes (D)Won $1,000 primary 08/14/06 Ben-Veniste, Richard 20016 John P. Sarbanes (D)Won $500 primary 03/07/06 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Dianne Feinstein (D)Won $500 primary 01/27/06 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 11/09/05 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Tom Daschle (D)Lost $2,000 general 10/04/04 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Tom Daschle (D)Lost $2,000 primary 01/20/04 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20005 Mark Pryor (D)Won $500 general 07/25/02 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Erskine Bowles (D)Lost $500 primary 01/23/02 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $500 general 10/16/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Mike Ross (D)Won $500 general 09/15/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Chris Dodd (D)Won $1,000 primary 06/23/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Jane Harman (D)Won $500 general 06/20/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $500 primary 03/19/00 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D)Won $1,000 primary 12/16/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 SARBANES, PAUL S (D)Won $1,000 general 12/07/99 Ben-Veniste, Richard Mr. 20016 Al Gore (D)Lost $1,000 primary 12/06/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 John, Jr. Conyers (D)Won $500 primary 11/05/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 John, Jr. Conyers (D)Won $500 primary 05/14/99 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 SARBANES, PAUL S (D)Won $1,000 primary 12/14/98 VENISTE, RICHARD BEN 20036 Bob Filner (D)Won $250 general 09/10/98 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 BRAUN, CAROL MOSELEY (D)Lost $1,000 primary 03/16/98 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD ESQ 20036 Arlen Specter (D)Won $500 primary 11/12/97 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 Barbara Boxer (D)Won $1,000 primary 11/12/97 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 SPECTER, ARLEN (R)Lost $1,000 primary 01/26/95 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 - $500 primary 10/21/92 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20036 - $1,000 primary 08/12/92 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20016 Jane Harman (D)Won $500 primary 09/04/91 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 LEVINE, MEL (D)Lost $250 primary 05/20/91 BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD 20006 Jimmy Carter (D)Lost $275 primary 12/04/79 Receive an alert every time new records are added to Richard Ben-Veniste's report.
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Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,445
2,973
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
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