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April 26,
2007
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
JIM GILMORE
MAKES IT
OFFICIAL IN
WEBCAST FROM
IOWA;
WARNS ABOUT THE
NEED FOR A MORE
SECURE AMERICA
DES MOINES –
Former Virginia
Gov. Jim Gilmore
sounded a
warning about
America’s
preparedness for
a terrorist
attack today and
announced that
he is officially
entering the
race for the
Republican
presidential
nomination
“because we must
do more to keep
our country and
our families
safe.”
Gilmore, who
served as a
noncommissioned
officer in U.S.
Army
counter-intelligence,
was Governor of
Virginia when
terrorists flew
a plane into the
Pentagon. At the
time he was
serving as the
chairman of the
Gilmore
Commission,
which for three
years have been
making
recommendations
on ways to
prevent and
respond to
terrorism. After
the attacks,
Congress and the
federal
government
adopted 146 of
the commission’s
164
recommendations.
"When terrorists
hit the World
Trade Center and
the Pentagon in
Virginia, many
of us lost
friends and
loved ones. And
our nation
forever lost a
sense of ‘It
can’t happen
here.’ Well, it
did happen here
and, make no
mistake, it will
happen again.
And next time
our nation must
be better
prepared.”
In a live online
chat following
the announcement
at
www.GilmoreforPresident.com,
Gilmore answered
questions and
responded to
comments from
voters across
the country
ranging from
Iraq to property
rights. The
former Governor
said he hopes to
become the first
blogging
President.
Gilmore’s formal
entry into the
most wide open
presidential
race in more
than 50 years
came as he made
his third visit
to Iowa in the
last three
weeks. The Iowa
presidential
caucuses will be
held on January
14, 2008. So
far,
conservatives in
Iowa and
elsewhere are
expressing their
dissatisfaction
with the
so-called front
runners for the
Republican
nomination
A native of
Richmond,
Virginia,
Gilmore, 57, is
the son of
working class
parents. As
Governor of
Virginia, he
became a
champion of the
taxpayers by
reducing taxes
on working men
and woman by
$1.5 billion. He
has been awarded
the Friend of
the Taxpayer
Award three
times by
Americans for
Tax Reform, is a
former chairman
of the
Republican
National
Committee and is
a former
Chairman of the
Board of
Trustees of the
U.S. Air Force
Academy.
April 24,
2007
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
GILMORE TO
OFFICIALLY
ANNOUNCE
CANDIDACY IN
LIVE WEBCAST
FROM IOWA GOP
HEADQUARTERS
DES MOINES –
Making his third
visit to Iowa in
three weeks,
former Virginia
Governor Jim
Gilmore will
officially
announce as a
candidate for
President of the
United States
Thursday in a
live webcast
from the
Republican Party
of Iowa
headquarters.
Gilmore’s entry
in the race
comes as
conservatives in
Iowa and
elsewhere
continue to
express their
dissatisfaction
with the
so-called front
runners for the
Republican
nomination. A
tax cutting
former Virginia
Governor,
Gilmore is a
leading
authority on
homeland
security and is
making the need
for a more
secure America a
central part of
his campaign
message.
Gilmore’s
official
announcement of
candidacy will
be at 12 noon
Thursday at GOP
headquarters,
621 East 9th
Street in Des
Moines. The
announcement
will be
broadcast live
on the web at
www.gilmoreforpresident.com.
Following the
announcement,
Gilmore will
answer questions
from voters on a
live blog chat.
A native of
Richmond
Virginia,
Gilmore, 57, is
the son of
working class
parents. As
Governor of
Virginia, he
became a
champion of the
taxpayers by
reducing taxes
on working men
and woman by
$1.5 billion. He
has been awarded
the Friend of
the Taxpayer
Award three
times by
Americans for
Tax Reform. He
is a former
chairman of the
Republican
National
Committee and is
a former
Chairman of the
Board of
Trustees of the
U.S. Air Force
Academy.
Gilmore, who
served as a
noncommissioned
officer in U.S.
Army
counter-intelligence
and was a tough
crime busting
prosecutor in
Virginia, was
Governor of
Virginia when
terrorists flew
a plane into the
Pentagon on
9/11. He was
appointed by
Congress as the
chairman of a
Congressionally
created national
commission
charged with
making
recommendations
on ways to
prevent and
respond to
terrorism, which
became known as
the Gilmore
Commission.
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