鲁比奥警告国务院高官须守本分、不得有利益冲突:违规者将被解职,重大决定须经他批准

华盛顿—据路透社11月7日报道,美国国务卿鲁比奥已着手收紧对国务院的掌控。他在上周一场与高级官员的会议上明确表示,国务院人员必须守好本分、避免利益冲突,任何不道德行为都将导致解职,「不管当事人人脉多广」。四名知情人士向路透社描述了这场会议,国务院拒绝就会议本身置评。
据知情人士说,与会者包括国务院二十多名助理国务卿中的许多人。鲁比奥表示,太多官员在未与领导层协调的情况下自行作决定、推动自己的议程;今后重大决定必须经他本人或常务副国务卿 Christopher Landau 批准。他还对政治任命人员出国旅行过多表示不满,要求所有政治人员的海外行程须经他的办公室批准。
会议之后不久,国务院政策规划负责人 Jeremy Lewin 离职。三名知情人士称,他是被迫离职,部分原因是他在职权范围之外处理事务、且未与领导层协调;Lewin 本人则表示,他是主动辞职、返回私营部门,并否认自己被解职。
这场会议召开之前,驻希腊大使 Kimberly Guilfoyle 已于10月中旬辞职,此前有报道质疑她出卖接触政府官员的机会,Guilfoyle 否认相关报道。她离职后不久,鲁比奥曾向全院人员发出备忘录,提醒外交人员「避免利益冲突」,但他否认备忘录与 Guilfoyle 的离职有关。路透社指出,这场整顿发生在共和党11月3日中期选举失利之前,共和党主要人物已开始为2028年总统选举布局。
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(来源:路透社)
Rubio Warns Senior State Department Officials to Stay in Their Lanes: Unethical Conduct Will Mean Firing, Major Decisions Need His Sign-Off
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has moved to tighten control over the State Department, Reuters reported on November 7. At a meeting with senior officials last week, he said staff must stay in their lanes and avoid conflicts of interest, and that unethical behavior would result in firing regardless of how well-connected an official might be. Four people familiar with the matter described the meeting to Reuters; the State Department declined to comment on the meeting itself.
Many of the department's roughly two dozen assistant secretaries attended, the people said. Rubio said too many officials had been making decisions or pushing policy agendas without coordinating with leadership, and that significant decisions would now require sign-off from him or Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau. He also expressed frustration at excessive overseas travel by political staff and required his office to approve all political travel.
Soon after the meeting, the department's policy chief, Jeremy Lewin, left his post. Three of the people said he was forced out, in part over concerns that he was working on matters outside his remit without proper coordination. Lewin has said he stepped down to return to the private sector and denies he was fired.
The meeting followed the mid-October resignation of Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, after news reports raised concerns that she sold access to administration officials, allegations she denies. Shortly after she left, Rubio sent a department-wide memo reminding diplomats to avoid conflicts of interest, while denying the memo was connected to her departure. Reuters noted the tightening came before Republicans' November 3 midterm losses, as the party's leading figures begin positioning for 2028.
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(Source: Reuters)
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