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Stephen Colbert Asked Obama For The Nuclear Launch Codes In An Interview Last Night

"Do you do normal things like leave your socks on the floor?" "I do." "How does that go over?" "Not well."

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Barack Obama took over ‘The Word’ segment on The Colbert Report on the latest episode and did a pretty excellent job, but if you’ve organised for the President of the United States to come on your comedy talk show, it’s understandable if you milk that get for more than a five-minute gag.

Colbert and Obama sat down and chatted for ten minutes about the mid-term election results, jobs growth, the Keystone XL pipeline and whether the nuclear launch codes have a ‘5’ in them. Also, I think Obama calls Colbert “Bill” by mistake at one point. You can watch the whole thing below.