Vice-President Joe Biden, who raised the issue last July at a Cabinet meeting, called the change a victory for those "whose suffering has gone unaccounted for over 80 years".

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And I think the President is -- discussed this at the last bipartisan meeting that we had in the Cabinet Room, and there was agreement in making the types of budgetary decisions that we were on that three-year freeze.

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The minister said that following last week's UK cabinet reshuffle, he was also seeking "an urgent meeting with the new UK shipping minister and new UK transport secretary".

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Councillors approved the project, which includes repairing the ancient ruins of Reading Abbey, at a cabinet meeting last month.

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Jobbik lawmaker Marton Gyongyosi, who said last year said that Jewish lawmakers and cabinet members could pose a national security risk, said the WJC meeting was an "open provocation" against Hungary.

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But the Cabinet Office later completely reversed its position, conceding that a meeting on the matter did take place last summer.

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