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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Moderate Republicans Fight Harder against Their Own Right Wing

    In the aftermath of Republican defeats last week in Virginia and Alabama elections, moderate Republicans are strategizing to resist the pressure from their own right wing to run Tea Party candidates. Is it a new level of Republican civil war?  Manu Raju is senior congressional reporter for Politico .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In the aftermath of Republican defeats last week in Virginia and Alabama elections, moderate Republicans are strategizing to resist the pressure from their own right wing to run Tea Party candidates. Is it a new level of Republican civil war? Manu Raju is senior congressional reporter for Politico.

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    The Threat to America — from Our Own Nuclear Weapons
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    3. 40:10Author David Finkel on the Long Road Home from Iraq
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      Warren Olney

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Threat to America — from Our Own Nuclear Weapons
    1. 0:00Moderate Republicans Fight Harder against Their Own Right WingYou’re reading this
    2. 7:28The Threat to America — from Our Own Nuclear Weapons
    3. 40:10Author David Finkel on the Long Road Home from Iraq
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