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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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Comedy writer Allison Silverman won Primetime Emmy Awards for her writing on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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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