Stephen Colbert to host 2-episode special celebrating end of combat operations in Iraq

Colbert to honor troops returning from Iraq

NEW YORK — Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR’) is dusting off his camouflage suit.

The comedian will broadcast two special episodes of New York-based Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to celebrate the end of combat operations in Iraq and to honor returning troops.

On Sept. 8 and 9, the show will fill its audience with Iraq War veterans and active duty service men and women. Others will be beamed in via satellite from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Guests will include Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno (oh-dee-EHR’-noh).

Odierno famously shaved Colbert’s head on President Barack Obama’s orders when the comedian broadcast four episodes of “The Report” from Baghdad last year. On that visit, Colbert donned a camouflage suit and reported from a desk supported by sand bags.