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Merkel picks popular woman ally as defense minister

Started by riky, December 16, 2013, 09:00:20 AM

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Merkel picks popular woman ally as defense minister

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/merkel-pick-popular-woman-ally-defense-minister-131746695--business.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ntExQlrCUzzAe_51da3DIA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-15T205801Z_4_CBRE9BE10XU00_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="German Labour Minister Von der Leyen and German Chancellor Merkel celebrate after German general election at CDU headquarters in Berlin" align="left" title="German Labour Minister Von der Leyen and German Chancellor Merkel celebrate after German general election at CDU headquarters in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel named Ursula von der Leyen as her new defense minister on Sunday, a surprising choice that could vault the ambitious ally into the lead as the front runner to one day succeed the chancellor. Merkel, 59, will begin her third term on Tuesday - three months after winning the September 22 election - now that her junior coalition partners, the Social Democrats, voted on Saturday to join her in a &quot;grand coalition&quot;. But the remarkable turn of events will revive all that if the 55-year-old von der Leyen is successful as Germany's first woman defense minister. &quot;Those who know von der Leyen know she's got the toughness needed for the difficult job,&quot; wrote Bild am Sonntag columnist Michael Backhaus on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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