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Within the new government, there were strong deficit-cutting and economic stimulus factions.
None of the stories mention the prime recent example of Zinni's concern: the factions in Afghanistan at war with each other and associated with worldwide terrorism were incubated by a concerted U.S. mission in the 1980s to arm indigenous forces against the Soviet occupiers.
The NYT says that most of the top House majority positions will be up for grabs in the coming days, pitting GOP personalities and ideological factions against each other.
The Kamakura shogunate was founded late in the 12th century after a long and bloody rivalry between two noble factions over control of the imperial court.
I also know there are some expense-account accusations against Gore's campaign manager, Tony Coelho, but don't know who the anti-Coelho factions are that are spreading them (or why they couldn't dig up something bigger).