Doonesbury's 200 Greatest Moments
The funniest, strangest, and most dramatic moments in Garry Trudeau's classic comic strip.
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Aug. 23, 1999: Walden redux.
Nov. 16, 1999: IPO.
Jan. 3, 2000: The old mail silo.
Jan. 23, 2000: Bill and Al.
Feb. 14, 2000: The flag thing.
Apr. 24, 2000: Business plan.
Feb. 17, 2000: "Join the Duke2000 campaign!"
Sept. 24, 2000: Bushisms.
Mar. 8, 2001: Clinton and Krispy Kremes.
Jul. 30, 2001: Deputy Secretary for the Interior Jim Andrews.
Aug. 6, 2001: Flaws.
Sept. 17, 2001: The hoax.
Oct. 1, 2001: Everything's changed.
Nov. 18, 2001: "Thanks, evildoers!"
Jan. 27, 2002: Mr. Jay.
Feb. 10, 2002: FDR quote.
Mar. 3, 2002: "Got war?"
Apr. 8, 2002: Phil Slackmeyer, RIP.
Apr. 22, 2002: Tea with a trainee martyr.
Apr. 29, 2002: At a West Bank café.
Feb. 10, 2003: Pre-positioning for Iraq war.
Apr. 13, 2003: Helmet-in-chief.
Jul. 20, 2003: Starbucks Sunday.
Feb. 23, 2004: $10,000 reward.
Apr. 19, 2004: B.D. wounded in Iraq.
Aug. 23, 2004: "Thanks for your sacrifice, dude."
Sep. 13, 2004: Ask President Bush.
Mar. 7, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson tribute.
Dec. 12, 2005: B.D. reconnoiters Vet Center.
Dec. 14, 2005: First appearance of Elias.
Mar. 27, 2006: The Saddam-Al Qaeda connection.
Jun. 25, 2006: Catching up.
Aug. 20, 2006: Mike's Summer Daydream.
Nov. 20, 2006: Ethics class.
Mar. 26, 2007: First appearance of Mel.
Sep. 4, 2007: Over-connected.
Nov. 26, 2007: First appearance of Toggle.
Jan. 28, 2008: Toggle arrives at Andrews.
Feb. 25, 2008: The Poetry of Barack Obama.
Apr. 7, 2008: If we cut and run.
Feb. 23, 2009: The uh-oh moment.
Mar. 30, 2009: In Helmand Province.
May 25, 2009: "Okay, so how do I do this?"
Aug. 3, 2009: The Family.
Dec. 21, 2009: "I'm sick of defending him!"
Feb. 8, 2010: Horndogs for lunch.
Feb. 22, 2010: Security detail.
Apr. 26, 2010: Tea Party.
Jul. 12, 2010: The big handoff.
Jul. 25, 2010: The competition.
Aug. 15, 2010: The maverick thing.
Sep. 12, 2010: The legend of Sorkh Razil.



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