Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (R) talks to Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung before the cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin November 9. 2009. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (R) talks to Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung before the cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin November 9. 2009.

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  1. File photo of German Families Minister Ursula Von Der Leyen answering questions during a Reuters interview in Berlin August 12, 2009. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will appoint Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen as the. country's new labour minister, replacing Franz Josef Jung, coalition sources said November 27, 2009. Earlier on Friday, Jung said he would stand down over criticism of his role when he was defence minister.
  2. German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung announces his resignation during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labour minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  3. German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung makes a statement, at the Labour ministry in Berlin November 27, 2009. Jung said on Friday he had offered his resignation to Chancellor Angela Merkel following criticism of his previous role as defence minister during the Afghanistan conflict. Jung was defence minister when German forces called in an air strike in Kunduz on September 4 that the Afghan government say killed 69 Taliban fighters and 30 civilians.
  4. German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung, leaves the podium after a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labour minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  5. File photo of German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung meeting German soldiers at ISAF camp 'Warehouse' during a visit to Kabul December 22, 2005. A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigned from the cabinet November 27, 2009 amid allegations of a cover-up of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defence minister. Franz Josef Jung, 60, said he would quit as labour minister after a barrage of calls to face up to his failure to disclose details of the Sept. 4 air strike that the Afghan government say killed 69 Taliban and 30 civilians.
  6. File photo of new German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung posing for the media in front of his ministry in Berlin, October 29, 2009. A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigned from the cabinet November 27, 2009 amid allegations of a cover-up of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defence minister. Franz Josef Jung, 60, said he would quit as labour minister after a barrage of calls to face up to his failure to disclose details of the Sept. 4 air strike that the Afghan government say killed 69 Taliban and 30 civilians.
  7. File photo of Germany's Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung (R) talking to German ISAF soldiers during his visit to Camp Marmal at the German ISAF headquarters in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, January 30, 2008. A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigned from the cabinet November 27, 2009 amid allegations of a cover-up of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defence minister. Franz Josef Jung, 60, said he would quit as labour minister after a barrage of calls to face up to his failure to disclose details of the Sept. 4 air strike that the Afghan government say killed 69 Taliban and 30 civilians.
  8. Former German Defense Minister, German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung, at a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labor minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  9. File photo of German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung holding a news conference in Berlin October 21, 2008. A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigned from the cabinet November 27, 2009 amid allegations of a cover-up of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defence minister. Franz Josef Jung, 60, said he would quit as labour minister after a barrage of calls to face up to his failure to disclose details of the Sept. 4 air strike that the Afghan government say killed 69 Taliban and 30 civilians.
  10. German Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung annouces his resignation during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labor minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  11. Former German Defense Minister, German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung, leaves the podium after a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labor minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  12. Former German Defense Minister, German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung, leaves the podium after a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labor minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  13. German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung, leaves the podium after a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labour minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  14. German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung announces his resignation during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Germany's labour minister says he is resigning from the Cabinet amid the fallout from an airstrike in northern Afghanistan that already cost the head of the armed forces his job. Franz Josef Jung was defense minister at the time of the Sept. 4 airstrike, which is believed to have killed civilians, but acknowledged this week that he had not seen a German military report and videos on the attack. Jung said Friday he was resigning to take "political responsibility."
  15. File photo of German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung (R) putting in earplugs before a presentation of a Leopard II battle tank during his visit to the tank training battalion 93 at the Oberlausitz training area in Weisskeissel August 12, 2009. Germany's Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung said November 27, 2009, he had offered his resignation to. Chancellor Angela Merkel following criticism of his previous role as defence minister during the Afghanistan conflict. Jung was defence minister when German forces called in an air strike in Kunduz on Sept. 4 that the Afghan government say killed 69 Taliban fighters and 30 civilians.
  16. German Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung makes a statement, at the Labour ministry in Berlin November 27, 2009. Jung said on Friday he had offered his resignation to Chancellor Angela Merkel following criticism of his previous role as defence minister during the Afghanistan conflict. Jung was defence minister when German forces called in an air strike in Kunduz on September 4 that the Afghan government say killed 69 Taliban fighters and 30 civilians.

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