Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 21, 1995 TAG: 9509210078
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
``The need is there,'' he said in a telephone interview from his office in Bedminster, N.J.
Forbes, a soft-spoken multimillionaire, enters a field already crowded with nine politicians and better-known faces. He sees his lack of political experience as a plus in the current anti-Washington political climate.
Forbes, 48, will make his announcement Friday at the National Press Club and launch a TV campaign the same day, aides said. He will travel next week to key primary and caucus states, including New Hampshire, Iowa, Arizona, Florida and New York.
Forbes said he will espouse ``pro-growth, pro-opportunity, get-America-moving themes.'' He said he would try to provide a hopeful antidote to the ``glum view of the rest of the crop'' in the GOP race.
- Associated Press
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