Does The U.S. Military Have Too Many Whites And Men At The Top?

Report Says Too Many Whites, Men Leading Military -- Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday.

Seventy-seven percent of senior officers in the active-duty military are white, while only 8 percent are black, 5 percent are Hispanic and 16 percent are women, the report by an independent panel said, quoting data from September 2008.

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Update: Congressional Report: Top guns in US military are too white and too male -- The Daily Mail

My Comment: I am sure this Congressional report is raising many an eyebrow in the Pentagon.