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World Defense Spending Country #1 Country #2 Country #3 Country #4 Country #5 Next ten Rest of the world

Recipients of Foreign Aid 15 Top Recipients

1) Iraq - $18.44 billion 2) Israel - $2.62 billion 3) Egypt - $1.87 billion 4) Afghanistan - $1.77 billion 5) Colombia - $570 million 6) Jordan - $560 million 7) Pakistan - $390 million 8) Liberia - $210 million 9) Peru - $170 million 10) Ethiopia - $160 million 11) Bolivia - $150 million 12) Turkey - $150 million 13) Uganda - $140 million 14) Sudan - $140 million 15) Indonesia - $130 million

RANKNAMENET WORTH ($MIL)AGERESIDENCESOURCE 1William Gates III50,00053MedinaMicrosoft 2Warren Buffett40,00079OmahaBerkshire Hathaway 3Lawrence Ellison27,00065Redwood CityOracle 4Christy Walton & family21,50054JacksonWal-Mart 5Jim C. Walton19,60061BentonvilleWal-Mart 6Alice Walton19,30060Fort WorthWal-Mart 7S. Robson Walton19,00065BentonvilleWal-Mart 8Michael Bloomberg17,50067New YorkBloomberg 9Charles Koch16,00073Wichitamanufacturing, energy 9David Koch16,00069New Yorkmanufacturing, energy 11Sergey Brin15,30036Palo AltoGoogle 11Larry Page15,30036San FranciscoGoogle 13Michael Dell14,50044AustinDell 14Steven Ballmer13,30053SeattleMicrosoft 15George Soros13,00079Westchesterhedge funds 16Donald Bren12,00077Newport Beachreal estate 17Paul Allen11,50056Mercer IslandMicrosoft, investments 17Abigail Johnson11,50047BostonFidelity 19Forrest Edward Mars11,00078McLeancandy, pet food 19Jacqueline Mars11,00070Bedminstercandy, pet food 19John Mars11,00073Arlingtoncandy, pet food 22Carl Icahn10,50073New Yorkleveraged buyouts 23Ronald Perelman10,00066New Yorkleveraged buyouts 24George B. Kaiser9,50067Tulsaoil & gas, banking 24Philip Knight9,50071BeavertonNike That’s 50 Billion…

Wars & Internal Violence 10 of the most violent countries

US Troop Deployments Top 10 destination countries Approximate troop strength at each

US Troop Deployment US Total393,569 –Iraq 140,000 –Germany73,500 –South Korea41,360 –Japan40,680 –Kuwait38,160 –Italy11,965 –UK9,877 –Afghanistan8,500 –Bahrain4,500 –Guam4,490

US Troop Deployment On average, 22 percent of all U.S. service men were stationed on foreign soil during 1950–2000. There were a total of million billets during 1950–2000. Since 1950, 54 countries have hosted at least 1,000 American troops Foreign deployments have been concen trated in Europe and Asia.

World Troop Deployment Top five countries Identify top destination Approximate Troop Strength

World Troop Deployment World540,076 US393,569:140,000 Iraq Turkey36,000:36,000 Cyprus UK35,772:22,000 Germany France28,500:4,100 Antilles Russia17,150:7,800 Tajikistan Angola4,000:2,000 DR Congo