Updated July 28 U.S. ramps up pressure on Poland over Holocaust restitution The issue is one of several points of friction that have arisen or gotten worse between Washington and Warsaw since the Biden administration took office. By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press Share Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves farewell Wednesday as he boards his plane in New Delhi, India, en route to Kuwait. Last month, Blinken and his German counterpart signed an agreement to begin a formal U.S.-Germany Holocaust Dialogue to ensure that the lessons of the Nazi era are not forgotten as the number of survivors dwindle.