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> The U.S. Treasury: $1.63 trillion (11.3 percent)

How can the Treasury have US Debt?



Good question. The Treasury controls numerous trust and pension funds that are heavily invested in US Bonds.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holders_of_the_National_De...




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