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Martin Short ($1,500)
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Conan O'Brien ($5,600)
Joshua Malina ($3,000)
Tony Bennett ($4,300)
Billie Jean King ($18,800)
Rebecca De Mornay ($5,100)
Greg Biffle ($3,500)
David Hyde Pierce ($25,000)
James Lipton ($1,300)
Mark Brunell ($5,000)
Phil Mickelson ($705)
Herman Wouk ($44,525)
Frank Gifford ($8,000)
Mark Cuban ($7,000)
Rachael Ray ($2,300)
Larry Csonka ($250)
Dale Jarrett ($6,200)
Jane Pauley ($3,300)
Andre Agassi ($158,700)
Jill Eikenberry ($6,000)
Bill Cunningham ($10,550)
Angie Dickinson ($2,000)
John C Reilly ($1,000)
David E Kelley ($7,300)
Patricia Clarkson ($750)
Garry Marshall ($47,200)
James Garner ($29,620)
Rita Wilson ($57,700)
Amy Irving ($18,500)
Elie Wiesel ($1,000)
Ryan Phillippe ($500)
Dermot Mulroney ($3,500)
David Stern ($1,013,560)
Christopher Ruddy ($22,900)
Kate Hudson ($2,000)
Rider Strong ($2,500)
Isiah Thomas ($3,000)
John Daly ($1,000)
Roger Ebert ($1,500)
Herb Alpert ($164,950)
Pete Seeger ($3,700)
Harold Ramis ($26,250)
Mariette Hartley ($475)
Allison Janney ($1,000)
Robin Leach ($3,500)
Judy Collins ($22,249)
Abigail Van Buren ($70,438)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Judd Apatow ($17,500)
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William Westmoreland
, 1914-2005 (bio ) Army General; commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964-68
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
863
Election Picks: 2 wins, 1 loss
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM C CHARLESTON, SC 29401 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $300 primary 10/31/96
WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM CHARLESTON, SC 29402 RETIREDTHURMOND, STROM (R) Senate - SC PALMETTO LEADERSHIP PAC (FKA REELECT THURMOND CMTE)Won $250 general 10/30/96
WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM C CHARLESTON, SC 29401 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE (R) - $750 primary 07/31/95
WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM C CHARLESTON, SC 29402 U S ARMYROSE, MICHAEL T (R) House (SC District: 01) COMMITTEE TO ELECT MIKE ROSE TO CONGRESSLost $400 primary 05/13/94
WESTMORELAND, WILLIAM C US GENERAL CHARLESTON, SC 29402 George H W Bush (R) President GEORGE BUSH FOR PRESIDENT, INCWon $1,000 primary 01/26/88
* general election result only; "Lost" = didn't win seat for that cycle
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US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,033
2,561
GIs Killed in Action
3,385
389
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
796
151
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,530
1,616
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
146,000
30,000
Brookings , AP
Total Cost (approved through mid 2009)
$650 Bln
$200 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$261 Mil
$70.8 Mil
casualty status updated October 11, 2008
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Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 10/6/08
15,706,073 records (election cycles 1980-2008)
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