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How Jimmy Carter became the 39th president of the U.S.

A political who's who attended former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral on Thursday, including several presidents who were elected by emulating his "dark horse" campaign strategy. CBS News' Lindsey Reiser breaks down exactly how a Georgia peanut farmer won the nation's most powerful office roughly half a century ago.
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