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公私不分花納稅人4000萬 華郵:魯比歐搭政府專機到佛州看兒球賽
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公私不分花納稅人4000萬 華郵:魯比歐搭政府專機到佛州看兒球賽

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美國國務卿魯比歐自2025年3月起,至少23次搭乘政府專機前往佛州觀看兒子美式足球賽,估計飛行成本逾120萬美元。儘管符合安全規定,但因私人行程僅需支付經濟艙費用,引發公帑運用與透明度爭議。

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魯比歐因安全規定必須搭乘政府專機,私人行程僅需支付經濟艙票價。此類規定適用於國務卿、國防部長及情報機構首長等高階官員。

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美國華盛頓郵報11日報導指出,美國國務卿魯比歐自2025年3月以來,至少23次搭乘政府專機前往佛羅里達州蓋恩斯維爾,觀看就讀母校佛羅里達大學的兒子參加美式足球賽,相關飛行成本估計超過120萬美元。由於魯比歐基於安全規定不得搭乘民航機,私人行程僅須按經濟艙票價支付給政府,引發外界對公帑運用及政府資訊透明度的質疑。

報導指出,根據公開飛航追蹤資料及國務院證實的紀錄,魯比歐自2025年3月29日以來,至少23次搭乘政府飛機前往蓋恩斯維爾,其中15趟被列為純私人行程,7趟屬公私混合用途。

華郵依五角大廈公布的飛機使用時費估算,魯比歐主要搭乘的灣流C-37A及C-37B型噴射機,每小時成本約9100美元;另有3趟搭乘波音C-32A型專機,每小時約1萬8600美元。15趟私人行程成本約77萬0600美元,7趟混合用途約44萬3900美元,合計約121萬美元。

魯比歐與戰爭(國防)部長、聯邦調查局及中央情報局局長等少數高階官員一樣,因安全理由必須搭乘政府專機,私人行程則須支付相當於經濟艙票價的費用。華郵估算,華盛頓往返蓋恩斯維爾的比賽日平均機票約820美元,魯比歐應支付約1萬8000美元。

國務院拒絕提供魯比歐的飛行及支付紀錄,華郵透過資訊自由法申請資料也未獲答覆。魯比歐與國務院均未說明實際支付金額。國務院助理國務卿強森則說,使用軍機是為確保政府運作不中斷,並隨時維持安全通訊。

倫理專家認為,魯比歐的行程雖符合聯邦規定,仍涉及公帑運用是否妥適。華府監督團體「華盛頓責任與倫理公民組織」律師布朗指出,這比較是觀感問題,而非違規。

相較之下,前國務卿布林肯一年僅約兩次以政府專機進行私人旅程。魯比歐2023年擔任參議員時,曾要求調查前運輸部長布提吉使用政府專機,強調納稅人有權確信公帑未遭浪費。

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  • 魯比歐實際支付的總金額為何?
  • 國務院為何拒絕公開飛行與支付紀錄?

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