text: Just a year later , on 31 May 2010 , he resigned from his office in a controversy over his comment on the role of the German Bundeswehr in light of a visit to the troops in Afghanistan .
simplified: About one year later , on 31 May 2010 , he resigned from his office in a controversy over his comment on the role of the German Bundeswehr in light of a visit to the troops in Afghanistan .