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He was a major foreign policy advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State (the second-ranking position) from 1937 to 1943, during FDR's administration. On the August 11, 1941, issue of Time, Welles was featured on the cover. After a homosexual episode on a train in 1940, Welles's political enemies used it against him and, threatening a Senate investigation, forced Roosevelt to accept his resignation in 1943. Afterward, he became a commentator and Author on foreign affairs.

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  • Sumner Welles
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  • He was a major foreign policy advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State (the second-ranking position) from 1937 to 1943, during FDR's administration. On the August 11, 1941, issue of Time, Welles was featured on the cover. After a homosexual episode on a train in 1940, Welles's political enemies used it against him and, threatening a Senate investigation, forced Roosevelt to accept his resignation in 1943. Afterward, he became a commentator and Author on foreign affairs.
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  • He was a major foreign policy advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as Under Secretary of State (the second-ranking position) from 1937 to 1943, during FDR's administration. On the August 11, 1941, issue of Time, Welles was featured on the cover. After a homosexual episode on a train in 1940, Welles's political enemies used it against him and, threatening a Senate investigation, forced Roosevelt to accept his resignation in 1943. Afterward, he became a commentator and Author on foreign affairs.
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