Odaily News According to the latest report released by the Federal Budget Accountability Committee, an independent research organization in the United States, the total U.S. national debt has exceeded 36 trillion U.S. dollars this week, reaching a record high. It took only more than three months from the end of July this year, when the total U.S. national debt reached 35 trillion U.S. dollars, to the current 36 trillion U.S. dollars. (Jinshi)