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NATION, Page 27American NotesTHE WHITE HOUSEClipping John's Wings
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 ethics laws. On the
day the restriction went into effect, Sunu nu took a military
jet to deliver a commencement address at the University of
South Carolina, a flight the White House deemed appropriate.