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                                                                      EXHIBIT 16

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned,

1)       being officers and trustees/directors of:

         a)       each of the Van Kampen Open-End Trusts (the "Delaware Open-End
                  Trusts") as indicated on Schedule 1 attached hereto and
                  incorporated by reference, each a Delaware statutory trust,

         b)       the Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund (the
                  "Pennsylvania Open-End Trust"), a Pennsylvania trust, and

         c)       the Van Kampen Series Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
                  Maryland corporation, (collectively, the Delaware Open-End
                  Trusts, Pennsylvania Open-End Trust, and the Corporation are
                  referred to herein as the "Open-End Funds");

         d)       each of the Van Kampen Closed-End Trusts (the "Massachusetts
                  Closed-End Trusts") as indicated on Schedule 2 attached hereto
                  and incorporated by reference, each a Massachusetts business
                  trust,

         e)       each of the Van Kampen Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund and
                  Van Kampen Bond Fund (the "Delaware Closed-End Trusts"), each
                  a Delaware statutory trust,

         f)       the Van Kampen Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (the
                  "Pennsylvania Closed-End Trust"), each a Pennsylvania trust
                  (collectively, the Massachusetts Closed-End Trusts, Delaware
                  Closed-End Trust and Pennsylvania Closed-End Trust are
                  referred to herein as the "Closed-End Funds");

2)       being officers and managing general partners of:

         a)       the Van Kampen Exchange Fund (the "Exchange Fund"), a
                  California Limited Partnership

         (collectively, the Open-End Funds, Closed-End Funds, Senior Loan Funds
         and Exchange Fund are referred to herein as the "Funds")

do hereby, in the capacities shown below, appoint any Assistant Secretary,
Secretary or Vice President of the Funds, as agents and attorneys-in-fact with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned, as
fully to all intents as he or she might or could do in person, for the purposes
to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any Registration
Statement on Form N-1A of the Open-End Funds or Exchange Fund (including any and
all amendments thereto), any Registration Statement on Form N-2 of the
Closed-End Funds or Senior Loan Funds (including any and all amendments
thereto), any Registration Statement on Form N-14 of the Funds (including any
and all amendments thereto) and any other document, upon the advice of counsel,
filed by each Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the Investment Company Act of 1940.

         This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute
one instrument.

Dated: June 4, 2007

        Signature                                         Title


    /s/ Ronald E. Robison                       President and Principal
-------------------------------                 Executive Officer
        Ronald E. Robison


    /s/ Stuart Schuldt                          Chief Financial Officer and
-------------------------------                 Treasurer
        Stuart Schuldt


    /s/ Stefanie Chang Yu                       Vice President and Secretary
-------------------------------
        Stefanie Chang Yu


    /s/ David C. Arch                           Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        David C. Arch



    /s/ Jerry D. Choate                         Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Jerry D. Choate


    /s/ Rod Dammeyer                            Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Rod Dammeyer

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    /s/ Linda Hutton Heagy                      Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Linda Hutton Heagy


    /s/ R. Craig Kennedy                        Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        R. Craig Kennedy


    /s/ Howard J Kerr                           Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Howard J Kerr


    /s/ Jack E. Nelson                          Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Jack E. Nelson


    /s/ Hugo F. Sonnenschein                    Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Hugo F. Sonnenschein


    /s/ Wayne W. Whalen                         Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Wayne W. Whalen


    /s/ Suzanne H. Woolsey                      Trustee/Director/Managing
-------------------------------                 General Partner
        Suzanne H. Woolsey


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                                   SCHEDULE 1

VAN KAMPEN U.S. GOVERNMENT TRUST
VAN KAMPEN TAX FREE TRUST
VAN KAMPEN TRUST
VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST
VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST II
VAN KAMPEN TAX FREE MONEY FUND
VAN KAMPEN COMSTOCK FUND
VAN KAMPEN CORPORATE BOND FUND
VAN KAMPEN STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND
VAN KAMPEN ENTERPRISE FUND
VAN KAMPEN EQUITY AND INCOME FUND
VAN KAMPEN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
VAN KAMPEN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
VAN KAMPEN HARBOR FUND
VAN KAMPEN HIGH YIELD FUND
VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
VAN KAMPEN LIMITED DURATION FUND
VAN KAMPEN PACE FUND
VAN KAMPEN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND
VAN KAMPEN RESERVE FUND
VAN KAMPEN TAX-EXEMPT TRUST

                                   SCHEDULE 2

VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME TRUST II
VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN OHIO QUALITY MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INSURED MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE FLORIDA MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW YORK MUNICIPALS
VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
VAN KAMPEN CALIFORNIA VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN MASSACHUSETTS VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST II
VAN KAMPEN SELECT SECTOR MUNICIPAL TRUST
VAN KAMPEN INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN SENIOR INCOME TRUST
VAN KAMPEN SENIOR LOAN FUND


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