The Colbert Report
Robert Gates's "Duty"
Season 10 E 44 • 01/09/2014

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates pens a memoir that harshly questions Obama's commitment to the war in Afghanistan.

Watching

00:08

The Colbert ReportS10 E43
Sign Off - Cold Weather Fruit Hammer

Stephen demonstrates an alternative use for a cantaloupe.
01/08/2014
06:36

The Colbert ReportS10 E43
Ishmael Beah

Author and former child soldier Ishmael Beah explains how he was recruited into the Sierra Leone military at 13 years of age.
01/08/2014
04:59

The Colbert ReportS10 E43
The Polar Vortex & Fruit Tools

Cable news knows that Americans can't comprehend that it's cold outside from abstract concepts like temperatures and seasons.
01/08/2014
06:49

The Colbert ReportS10 E43
Cheating Death - Robo-Sperm & Health Roulette

Researchers develop magnetized robo-sperm and an app provides a free market solution to seeing a doctor without the crippling burden of having insurance.
01/08/2014
01:55

The Colbert ReportS10 E43
Chris Christie & The George Washington Bridge Scandal

E-mails link top aides in the Chris Christie administration to a politically-motivated shutdown of the George Washington Bridge.
01/08/2014
00:30

The Colbert ReportS10 E43
Intro - 1/8/14

America is enveloped in record cold temperatures, and North Korea's Kim Jong-un celebrates his birthday.
01/08/2014
01:36

The Colbert ReportS10 E44
Sign Off - People's Choice Award

Stephen wins a People's Choice Award and thanks all the people who made it possible.
01/09/2014
04:58

The Colbert ReportS10 E44
New Jersey Bridge Scandal - Chris Christie's Someone Else-a Culpa

Chris Christie fervently denies involvement in shutting down the George Washington Bridge.
01/09/2014
07:03

The Colbert ReportS10 E44
Jeff Skoll

Participant Media's Jeff Skoll discusses his mission to create films that raise awareness of important issues.
01/09/2014
03:53

The Colbert ReportS10 E44
New Jersey Bridge Scandal - Damning Emails

Emails reveal that Chris Christie's staffers intentionally held up traffic on the George Washington Bridge.
01/09/2014
03:28

The Colbert ReportS10 E44
Robert Gates's "Duty"

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates pens a memoir that harshly questions Obama's commitment to the war in Afghanistan.
01/09/2014
00:06

The Colbert ReportS10 E45
Sign Off - Back Scratch

Stephen finds a wholesome use for a sex toy.
01/13/2014
00:35

The Colbert ReportS10 E45
Intro - 1/13/14

The Iraq War debate continues, marketing gets an upgrade, and David Fanning is the executive producer of PBS's Frontline.
01/13/2014
04:25

The Colbert ReportS10 E45
Water Crisis in West Virginia

West Virginians go days without tap water after a chemical spill contaminates the supply.
01/13/2014
06:16

The Colbert ReportS10 E45
The Word - Never-Ender's Game

As Al Qaeda claims control of Fallujah, critics argue that America's withdrawal from Iraq was premature.
01/13/2014
04:04

The Colbert ReportS10 E45
Mirriad & Retroactive Product Placement

A company gives advertisers the power to insert ads into TV reruns.
01/13/2014
06:11

The Colbert ReportS10 E46
Sport Report - Baseball

A-Rod is suspended for performance-enhancing drugs, and The Five's Greg Gutfeld argues that people should do any drug that helps them win.
01/14/2014
00:05

The Colbert ReportS10 E46
Sign Off - Goodnight

Stephen says goodnight.
01/14/2014
02:40

The Colbert ReportS10 E46
Sport Report - Winter Sports

Pat Buchanan defends Russia's anti-gay laws, and openly-gay Billie Jean King is a delegate to the Russian Olympics.
01/14/2014
05:07

The Colbert ReportS10 E46
Sport Report - Billie Jean King

Tennis legend Billie Jean King discusses anti-gay discrimination, being a U.S. delegate to the Russian Olympics, and her willingness to speak out for gay rights.
01/14/2014
06:54

The Colbert ReportS10 E46
Deborah Solomon

Art critic Deborah Solomon talks contemporary art and shares insights from her Norman Rockwell biography, "American Mirror."
01/14/2014