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A Pricey Oversight in Afghanistan

Season 21 • 11/10/2015

The U.S. spent $43 million on a gas station in Afghanistan, and no one really knows why.

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After Iowa Representative Jeff Kaufmann bans The Daily Show from a GOP gathering, Jordan Klepper explains why the state might be apprehensive to let the show visit.
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Former Fugees member Pras talks about campaigning with Haitian performer-turned-politician Michel Martelly in his documentary "Sweet Micky for President."
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The University of Missouri's football team goes on strike after school President Tim Wolfe failed to address a series of racially charged incidents on campus.
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Ronny Chieng examines how outdated technologies and overpriced voting machines threaten America's election process.
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Dan Price - Gravity Payments Is All About Love
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A Pricey Oversight in Afghanistan
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SIGAR, a U.S. government task force that monitors reconstruction in Afghanistan, can't figure out why the country's natural gas filling station cost $43 million to build.
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During the fourth GOP presidential debate, Ted Cruz repeats an infamous blunder from past candidate Rick Perry, and Ben Carson gives a grim closing statement.
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What the Actual Fact? - Truth and Fiction in the GOP Debate
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In a Burmese edition of The Daily Show, Trevor examines Myanmar's election of pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament.
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