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He was asked by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] settle [[Nicaragua]]'s murky finances; in 1927 he became governor general of the Philippines, at the time an American colony. He was not loved by the Filipinos, who wanted independence immediately.  He was President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s secretary of state and was involved with foreign policy matters such as the [[London]] Naval Conference of 1930 and the invasion of [[Manchuria]].  

He was asked by President [[Calvin Coolidge]] settle [[Nicaragua]]'s murky finances; in 1927 he became governor general of the Philippines, at the time an American colony. He was not loved by the Filipinos, who wanted independence immediately.  He was President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s secretary of state and was involved with foreign policy matters such as the [[London]] Naval Conference of 1930 and the invasion of [[Manchuria]].  

In 1940 he was appointed Secretary of War by Roosevelt. As War Secretary during World War II he expanded the army base to over 10,000,000 soldiers. As Secretary of War he was the person most responsible for the [[Manhattan Project]], which built the [[atomic bomb]]he was the major advisor who designed the policy of using it against Japan, as approved by President [[Harry Truman]].

In 1940 he was appointed Secretary of War by Roosevelt. As War Secretary during World War II he expanded the army base to over 10,000,000 soldiers. As Secretary of War he was the person most responsible for the [[Manhattan Project]], which built the [[atomic bomb]].  He was the major advisor who designed the policy of using it against Japan, as approved by President [[Harry Truman]].

==Death==

==Death==