Who recommended Sumner Welles to enter the Foreign Service?
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
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Answer
Franklin D. Roosevelt recommended Sumner Welles to enter the Foreign Service in 1915. Welles had been working as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, and Roosevelt was impressed with his work. Welles served in the Foreign Service for many years, and he was eventually appointed Undersecretary of State by President Roosevelt.
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