BERLIN - Ursula von der Leyen, whose ambitions of succeeding Angela Merkel are too transparent for German taste, is finding out the hard way why her job as defence minister is considered the most dangerous in the cabinet, nicknamed the 'ejector seat'.
Reuters: German defence crisis puts potential Merkel successor in hot seat
Soldiers walk towards a Transall aircraft at the Nato airport in Hohn, northern Germany, on Sept. 19, 2014.
