After the controversy two months ago over White House Chief of Staff John Sununu's use of government aircraft for private travel, President Bush instituted new travel rules forbidding the practice. The president also has ordered a review by his chief ethics officer to determine whether any federal employees have misused their positions or violated laws governing gifts and travel. "We ran this by the White House to make sure the company didn't have any business pending there."; The Kirke-Van Orsdel insurance company in Des Moines furnished the plane, Enwright said, and the state party was to pay the firm about $2,000, the cost of two round-trip, first-class commercial tickets. Replying to critics of the New York trip, Sununu 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 the White House in the interest of national security.
After the controversy two months ago over White House Chief of Staff John Sununu's use of government aircraft for private travel, President Bush instituted new travel rules forbidding the practice. The president also has ordered a review by his chief ethics officer to determine whether any federal employees have misused their positions or violated laws governing gifts and travel. Replying to critics of the New York trip, Sununu 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 the White House in the interest of national security.