Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) has recruited one of its harshest critics from the ARD for the crisis PR in their own right.

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According to SPIEGEL information Christian Thiels, longtime defense expert for the "Tagesschau", from the middle of February editor in chief of the editorial office of the Bundeswehr. In the future, the television man will direct the publications for the troupe and, in addition, will be responsible for the Minister's external presentation on the ministry's various websites.

Thiels has been reporting to the ARD about the Bundeswehr for years, the 47-year-old is considered a connoisseur and critic of the troops and the respective management.

Von der Leyen is currently under massive pressure in the affair surrounding irregularities in the use of external management consultants in their ministry. She has to face a parliamentary committee of inquiry in the coming months.

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