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Which president asked Stimson to return as Secretary of War after World War II broke out in Europe?

  • Herbert Hoover

  • Calvin Coolidge

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • Harry S. Truman

Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Henry Stimson to return as Secretary of War after World War II broke out in Europe. Stimson had been Secretary of War from 1911 to 1917 and had served as Secretary of State from 1929 to 1933.
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