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'Colbert Show' Back From Iraq
Comedy writer Allison Silverman won Primetime Emmy Awards for her writing on <em>The Colbert Report</em> and <em>The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.</em>
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Allison Silverman, the executive producer and head writer of The Colbert Report, discusses the show's recent broadcasts from the combat zone in Iraq.
Before joining The Colbert Report, Silverman was a writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. She has won Emmy Awards for her writing on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show.
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