Hall of Fame
Sandra Bernhard ($3,039)
Jimmy Buffett ($37,100)
Debra Messing ($6,600)
C Vivian Stringer ($1,750)
Frank McCourt ($98,887)
Josh Lucas ($250)
Peter Ueberroth ($39,000)
Gil Cates ($19,400)
Oliver North ($5,300)
Tim McGraw ($7,500)
Pat Summerall ($3,500)
Drayton McLane Jr ($386,494)
Kate Capshaw ($227,275)
Robert Kraft ($350,350)
Gene Washington ($1,250)
Hal Sparks ($4,218)
Isabella Rossellini ($3,500)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Julianne Moore ($7,250)
Joaquin Phoenix ($2,000)
Doris Kearns Goodwin ($1,400)
Laura Innes ($3,800)
Marina Sirtis ($5,100)
Joe Francis ($4,000)
Tippi Hedren ($300)
Fran Drescher ($7,050)
Buck Henry ($7,800)
Will Smith ($34,600)
will.i.am ($31,800)
Don Henley ($762,785)
Julius 'Dr. J' Erving ($2,300)
Julia Sweeney ($2,318)
Bobby Bowden ($15,500)
Jane Curtin ($14,200)
Sam Simon ($65,300)
Betty White ($10,000)
Beverly D'Angelo ($2,000)
Phil LaMarr ($500)
Kris Kristofferson ($17,000)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ($3,000)
Goldie Hawn ($49,090)
Emmitt Smith ($7,700)
Larry Merchant ($10,050)
Jim Lampley ($7,625)
Nicole Miller ($33,500)
Eddie Sutton ($4,625)
Tom Arnold ($28,746)
Billy Bush ($450)
Pat Sajak ($23,000)
John Fund ($1,000)
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Robert AMMONS »
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
AMMONS, ROBERT E 20021 HOYER, STENY HAMILTON (D)$800 primary 05/24/83 AMMONS, ROBERT E 20021 HOGAN, LAWRENCE JOSEPH (R)$1,000 primary 04/19/82 AMMONS, ROBERT E 20021 HOYER, STENY HAMILTON (D)$500 primary 03/19/81 AMMONS, ROBERT P A 20021 BAINUM, STEWART JR $500 03/19/81 Receive an alert every time new records are added to this search for Robert AMMONS.
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US WAR SHEET
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
, AP
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 17, 2009
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