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AP sources: Gingrich closer to presidential run
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends to take a formal step toward entering the 2012 presidential race within the next two weeks, Republican officials said Sunday, after months spent traveling to important primary and caucus states.
These officials declined to say precisely what type of announcement the 67-year-old former Georgia lawmaker would make, but added they expect him to make clear his determination to run.
If so, he would be the first Republican to do so in a slow-to-develop field of potential challengers to President Barack Obama.
In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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