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16 Years of Political Conan

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In November 1997, Conan visited Amsterdam and analyzed the Netherlands' unique drug policy. Which is to say, he bought a bong:

In March 2006, Conan visited Finland to meet Tarja Halonen, the nation's president and his (female) doppelganger:

In April 2006, Conan and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich teamed up to fight crime. No, really:


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In May 2006, Conan interviewed then-Senator Barack Obama, and discovered President Bush's two nicknames for his eventual successor:

Finally, in February 2008, Conan, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert did battle to settle the question of who, ultimately, created Mike Huckabee:

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