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President Bush's new travel policy, announced last week by White House counsel C. Boyden Gray, bars chief of staff John Sununu from taking personal trips on government aircraft except for "immediate and compelling need." Even though he outranks Gray, Sununu must get specific, advance clearance from him for official flights...
Prompted by nearly three weeks of embarrassing revelations in the press, the ban follows a seven-day investigation by Gray into Sununu's past excursions on military planes. A number of the more than 70 such trips that Sununu has taken since April 1989 appear to have been devoted mainly to personal or political pursuits -- including ski weekends in Colorado and his home state of New Hampshire. The cost to U.S. taxpayers is more than $500,000, only a fraction of which was reimbursed by Sununu, though some trips were bankrolled by ( private corporate interests in apparent violation of federal...
...aide to Sununu denied that any pressure was exerted on Gravink's behalf. Yet according to Ned Therrien, acting supervisor of the White Mountain National Forest, "Sununu has called several times and asked for updates on the progress" on Loon Mountain's application. Therrien emphasizes that Sununu only pressed for speedy action on the matter and did not specifically call for its approval. But Sununu's favorable view of the project is a matter of public record. "Well-done, environmentally safe growth should be allowed," Sununu said in a January 1990 interview with the Union Leader. He added that "from...
...controversy that continues to swirl around the chief of staff presents his boss with a dilemma. Sununu has been extremely useful to Bush as a lightning rod, absorbing political heat that might otherwise burn a popular President. Now Sununu is generating the heat and turning into a potential liability. Aides say that Bush, while annoyed at Sununu's excesses, continues to value his services. The President, they say, hopes that Gray's investigation will allow Sununu to "correct" his travel reimbursements and put the matter behind him. But that can only happen if Sununu stops stonewalling and explains, fully...
...NATION: Sununu Stonewalls...