David Crane, chief executive of NRG Energy, made news last week when he announced that the New Jersey-based power producer would abandon further investment in a Texas nuclear power project.
The incident ignited a firestorm of national outrage when Rotela told local news sources, last week, that he was being punished for refusing to complete the assignment.
Mr Bush gave a rare television interview to ABC News this week, in which he expressed sympathy for the victims of the recession and lamented intelligence failures before the Iraq war.