Women are vastly underrepresented in the top ranks of federal law enforcement agencies, according to a new internal watchdog report.

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued a report Tuesday, which says women accounted for just 39 percent of the work force in the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 2016.

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