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EXETER, N.H.-In Iowa, Ted Cruz is under fire from the highest-ranking Republican in the state over his opposition to the ethanol mandate. But Cruz found a friendlier audience for that position in New Hampshire on Wednesday."There should be no mandates, no subsidies whatsoever for any energy source, whether ethanol or oil and gas or anything else," he said at a town hall here after a voter expressed concern that perhaps he was now in favor of the Renewable Fuel Standard. Stressing that he does not support that ethanol mandate, Cruz continued, "Right now I am the only major candidate in...