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What was the name of the Secretary of State that forced Sumner Welles out of government service?

  • Cordell Hull

  • Dean Acheson

  • Robert Lansing

  • Elihu Root

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Sumner Welles was a diplomat and politician who served as Undersecretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1937 to 1943. In 1943, Welles was forced out of government service by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Hull and Welles had a long-running feud, and Hull believed that Welles was plotting to undermine his authority. Welles's forced resignation was a major political scandal at the time.
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