President Obama's surprise appointment of Avril Haines, a White House lawyer, to deputy CIA director highlighted a glass ceiling women still face at the spy agency. Former director David Petraeus was startled to discover that women held only 19 percent of the CIA's top posts, and ordered an internal study of the problem. The report, released without much attention this spring, concluded that the CIA's culture fails to sponsor and promote female officers. Among other issues, the report's co-author said that the agency's failure to address work-life balance issues made it particularly difficult for women to pursue top jobs. The problem is common across government agencies, where only 31 percent of top positions are held by women.
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