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Elaine Luria: “The selection rate for women to commander command was 3.8 percent, or 7 out of 146 who were selected.”

On the recordMay 15, 2019
The selection rate for women to commander command was 3.8 percent, or 7 out of 146 who were selected.
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Elaine Luria
Democratic · Virginia

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Luria highlights the low selection rate of women for command positions in the Navy.

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