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Almanac: A "Nay" vote following Pearl Harbor

On December 8, 1941, the day after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, members of the United States Congress voted unanimously to authorize a declaration of war, with one exception: Rep. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, an avowed pacifist. Jane Pauley reports.
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