Rep. Barbara Lee, an Oakland Democrat, stood alone in voting against the war in Afghanistan in 2001, but the coalition she helped build ultimately brought it to an end 20 years later.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Road to vindication for California's Barbara Lee, the only member of Congress to vote against Afghanistan war
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