Still, some business travelers are skeptical about the new private programs, questioning whether enough customers will be willing to pay simply for the right to go to the head of the line.
She flips on the charm to dazzle audiences or nail TV interviews, they say, then takes on a drill sergeant persona in private, where questioning her decisions draws suspicion of disloyalty.
But he opened a new one, over government's relationship with private enterprise, by questioning Mr. Obama's criticism of BP over the oil spill.
Despite the similarities in the questions, questioning varied slightly depending on whether the respondent was from the private or the public sector, given the differences in role.
Republicans have been assailing President Obama and his re-election team for days for pointedly - and they say unfairly -- questioning the private equity experience of Mitt Romney.
The words from the president, aides said, were intended to offer a preview of how Judge Sotomayor intended to respond to the line of questioning in private meetings and in her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Even altruism, said Aristotle, might be better promoted by focusing ethical attention on the way a person exercises his rights of private property rather than questioning the institution itself (ibid).. Aristotle also reflected on the relation between property and freedom, and the contribution that ownership makes to a person's being a free man and thus suitable for citizenship.
Ms. Rice has submitted to several hours of questioning at a private session.
"I remember thinking, 'I'm going to die,' " Private Manning, 24, said under questioning by one of his lawyers, David Coombs.
"Intolerance and questioning someone's private life are against the values of democracy, human rights and individual freedom," the ministry said in a statement.
