真的是政治新聞。 XDDD http://tinyurl.com/d7t9hqz (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) CNN報導，美國財政部已正式回覆國會議員的詢問， 表示Jay-Z跟Beyonce的古巴行在出發前就已經被財政部批准了。 他們是以教育交流的名義拜訪古巴。 "It is our understanding that the travelers in question traveled to Cuba pursuant to an educational exchange trip organized by a group authorized by OFAC [the Office of Foreign Assets Control] to sponsor and organize programs to promote people-to-people contact in Cuba,” the letter read. 後來當地的報紙也有報導他們的文化與教育交流行程。 不過提出詢問的國會議員Ros-Lehtinen對此不是很滿意。 認為實際上這趟旅行還是Jay-Z跟Beyonce慶祝結婚五週年的旅行。 不過既然早就得到批准，應該是沒什麼大問題了。 Treasury says Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s trip was approved Posted by CNN Correspondent Erin McPike (CNN) - Beyoncé and Jay-Z's recent controversial trip to Cuba was approved by the Treasury Department in advance of their travel, new documents show. According to a letter obtained by CNN Tuesday, the Treasury Department wrote to two members of Congress who called for an investigation of the trip and explained the type of travel license obtained by the superstar couple. "It is our understanding that the travelers in question traveled to Cuba pursuant to an educational exchange trip organized by a group authorized by OFAC [the Office of Foreign Assets Control] to sponsor and organize programs to promote people-to-people contact in Cuba,” the letter read. Due to the U.S. government's travel embargo with Cuba, Americans are prohibited from visiting the communist country for tourism. U.S. citizens can apply for licenses to go anyway, provided they show substantial proof they intend to visit for specific reasons, such as for business or education. And they must also provide a detailed itinerary. Beyoncé and Jay-Z went to Cuba to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, leading press reports to characterize the trip as a vacation. The Havana Times, however, reported the couple met with a dance group, a children's theater company, an arts institute and a singer, suggesting there was a cultural and educational element to the trip. Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida took issue with the trip, and over the weekend asked the U.S. Treasury to investigate. After receiving the Treasury's response Tuesday, Ros-Lehtinen was not satisfied. "If the tourist activities undertaken by Beyoncé and Jay-Z in Cuba are classified as an educational exchange trip, then it is clear that the Obama Administration is not serious about denying the Castro regime an economic lifeline that US tourism will extend to it," she said in a statement. "That was a wedding anniversary vacation that was not even disguised as a cultural program. As more human rights activists engage in hunger strikes, I don't think they will see any evidence of how this scam endeavor will help them become independent of the regime." http://tinyurl.com/d7t9hqz (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) --

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