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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