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George Brett ($3,300)
Harry Thomason ($40,850)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Mark Feuerstein ($250)
Kelsey Grammer ($15,600)
Jane Fonda ($204,296)
Adrien Brody ($2,000)
Jimmie Johnson ($4,300)
Christian Slater ($6,550)
Dan Marino ($9,500)
Soon-Yi Previn ($1,000)
Boyd Tinsley ($84,650)
Billy Dee Williams ($1,000)
John Podhoretz ($450)
James Ellroy ($500)
Pat Summerall ($3,500)
Bob Barker ($3,000)
Joan Jett ($7,550)
Susan Dey ($1,350)
Alan Horn ($854,365)
Sean Hayes ($3,500)
Angela Bassett ($2,300)
Helen Reddy ($10,000)
David Stern ($1,123,360)
Harry Connick, Jr ($33,100)
Byron Scott ($1,000)
Dan Castellaneta ($3,300)
Chris Zorich ($1,000)
Mary Stuart Masterson ($9,375)
Jane Kaczmarek ($39,750)
Duncan 'Atrios' Black ($2,292)
Joel Schumacher ($7,250)
Pam Ward ($2,800)
Dweezil Zappa ($6,500)
Rosie Perez ($1,000)
Randy Jackson ($3,300)
Richard Linklater ($7,800)
Joe Walsh ($7,250)
Alan Cumming ($2,300)
Sigourney Weaver ($5,800)
Wanda Sykes ($4,600)
Billy Joel ($13,550)
Chris Matthews ($2,000)
J J Abrams ($183,800)
Pat Riley ($4,754)
Harvey Weinstein ($487,367)
Patti LuPone ($750)
Charles Barkley ($2,000)
Don Cheadle ($7,700)
Allison Janney ($1,000)
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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
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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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