Back in The Saddle Again?

By DAVID ELLIS

If John Sununu's travel travails force his resignation as White House chief of staff, one Washington insider is perfectly placed to succeed him. Craig Fuller, who served as Bush's top aide during the Reagan years before being shoved aside by Sununu after the 1988 election, has spent the past few years on the bureaucratic back bench working for a Washington public relations firm. Fuller is reminding acquaintances of his continuing ties to the Oval Office by confiding that the President is privately very concerned about the Sununu flap.

With reporting by Sidney Urquhart