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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Episode 12.97 Alastair Campbell
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Episode 12.97 Alastair Campbell

Episode Premiere
July 30, 2007
Genre
Talk-Show, Comedy
Production Company
Mad Cow Prod., Comedy Central, Hello Doggie
Official Site
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
Episode Premiere
July 30, 2007
Genre
Talk-Show, Comedy
Period
1996 - 2015
Production Co
Mad Cow Prod., Comedy Central, Hello Doggie
Distributor
Comedy Central
Official Site
http://www.thedailyshow.com/
Main Cast
  • Jon Stewart
  • Aasif Mandvi
  • John Oliver
  • Rob Riggle
  • Jason Jones
  • Samantha Bee
  • Stephen Colbert
  • Rob Corddry
Additional Cast
  • Alastair Campbell

Tonight, former press secretary to Tony Blair as well as the author of The Blair Years: The Alastair Campbell Diaries, Alastair Campbell. Jon begins tonight with some sports news as Iraq's soccer team defeats Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup in a segment called "Achieving Our Goooal". Senior "Football" Correspondent John Oliver talked about the celebrations in the streets of Iraq resulting in only seven deaths for the day, a record low for Iraq. Jon then talks about Sen. Patrick Leahy who issued a subpoena for Karl Rove to testify about the fired U.S. attorney's scandal in a segment called "The Sworn Supremacy". Also, Senior White House Correspondent Aasif Mandvi talks about the use of contempt by the Bush administration. Finally, Jon reports on Britain's new prime minister Gordon Brown who had a sleepover with Bush at Camp David in a segment called "Foxy Brown". As Jon notes, Bush has a new British lapdog.