According to the figures released from the U.S.Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Defense accounts for ______ of all federal civilian employees.
A) half
B) all
C) a third
D) a quarter

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The Department of Defense is a part of the federal government, but it is not made up entirely of civilian employees. Therefore, it cannot account for all federal civilian employees (B) or half (A). According to the given information, it accounts for one-third of all federal civilian employees (C). It is also not likely that it accounts for a quarter of all federal civilian employees (D) since that would mean there are only four major departments in the federal government with civilian employees.

According to the Figures Released from the U