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August 22, 2017

After 40 years, Fort Knox opens vault to civilians

  • The depository holds more than $186 billion worth of gold.
    • By ADAM BEAM
    Associated Press

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Inside the famed vaults at Fort Knox, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell held a 27-pound gold bar in his hands Monday as part of the first civilian delegation to see most of the country's bullion reserves in more than 40 years.

    But being surrounded by more than $186 billion worth of gold was no sweat for one of the country's most powerful politicians


     
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