Currently, women represent about 22% of cadets at West Point, 27% of Naval Academy students and around 22% of Air Force Academy cadets.
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The Republican-led Senate is expected to attempt to get Esper confirmed as early as Thursday.
The lack of stable leadership atop the Pentagon has raised questions in Congress at a time of heightened tensions with Iran.
The accusations against Gen. John Hyten come at a time when the Pentagon has had an unusual amount of turmoil in its senior ranks.
Edward Gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing an Islamic State prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in Iraq in 2017 and other crimes.
Seven SEALs said Gallagher unexpectedly stabbed the prisoner, moments after he and the other medics treated the detainee.