TDS Time Machine | Secretaries of Defense

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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As the current Secretary of Defense finds himself in the hot seat, take a listen to a few of Pete Hegseth's predecessors' visits to The Daily Show. Jon Stewart sits down with Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta to dig into their decisions, their legacies and everything else that comes with heading up the most powerful military in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.0	Please welcome to the program, Donald Rumsfeld.
0:59.0	Sir?
1:00.0	Nice to see you.
1:02.0	Thank you.
1:03.0	Please.
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1:05.0	Thank you.
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1:12.6	We appreciate it.
1:14.6	The book is known and unknown, and that's you, right there in a vest.
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