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Former Vice President Quayle now investment banker By Judith Crosson DENVER, March 22 (Reuters) - After being a heartbeat away from the presidency and after a brief foray into the 2000 campaign, former Vice President Dan Quayle has joined a small investment banking firm. ``We're excited. Send them our way,' he said with enthusiasm on Wednesday, referring to the mergers and acquisitions he expects to help bring about as a principal in the small Denver-based investment banking firm, JD Ford & Co. The 53-year-old Republican, who was vice president from 1989-93, will work from Phoenix, Ariz., where he makes his home with his wife, Marilyn. Quayle said public life -- he entered Congress in 1977 at the age of 29 -- prepared him well for the private sector. ``It's about getting things done and helping people,' he said in an interview. But the former Indiana senator will not veer too far from his former life. ``I'll still do some speaking on global issues,' he said. He will also help Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the campaign the presidency. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: GREATEST THREAT And he applauded President Clinton's trip to India and Pakistan, where Clinton took up the festering dispute between the countries over Kashmir. ``Any time the American president travels like this is positive. I'm in favor of engagement,' Quayle said, noting he visited 47 countries when he was vice president in former President George Bush's administration. When asked what his greatest fear for the world was, he answered that it was nuclear proliferation, calling nuclear ambitions in South Asia a ``very precarious situation.' He said Clinton may be able to get something done ``behind the scenes' to ease tensions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, which has sparked two wars between the neighbors since they won independence from Britain in 1947. But for now Quayle sees no political jobs on the horizon -- no cabinet posts. ``Who knows -- seven or eight years from now? But you can't do this kind of work,' he said, referring to his new position, ``if you're looking over your shoulder.' Last September Quayle, low in money and in the polls, withdrew from the 2000 presidential campaign. He assured JD Ford & Co. founder Joe Durnford that he would stay on board, Durnford said, to help set up financing for clients in the $5 million to $15 million range. The biggest asset Quayle brings to the table is his name recognition and his contacts, Durnford said. ``Dan Quayle will have his phone calls returned. Our clients want to know we have that kind of access.'