After the controversy two months ago over Sununu Chief of Staff Bush use of government aircraft for private travel, President John Sununu's instituted new travel rules forbidding the practice. It was Sununu's first appearance on a network program since revelations in April about his extensive use of government planes for activities ranging from visiting his dentist to skiing to trips to his home state of New Hampshire. Now Sununu has again created what the President calls an "appearance problem" by using a government limousine to travel to New York on strictly personal business. Replying to critics of the New York trip, the White House vowed he would not take advice from "self- styled experts" on how he travels and explained that he took the car so as to be able to communicate instantly with White House in the interest of national security.
After the controversy two months ago over Sununu Chief of Staff Bush use of government aircraft for private travel, President John Sununu's instituted new travel rules forbidding the practice. Now Sununu has again created what the President calls an "appearance problem" by using a government limousine to travel to New York on strictly personal business. Replying to critics of the New York trip, the White House vowed he would not take advice from "self- styled experts" on how he travels and explained that he took the car so as to be able to communicate instantly with White House in the interest of national security.