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Steinway & Sons has loaned Chung a replacement piano so she can continue giving lessons.

Some pieces were loaned to major exhibitions in Europe and the United States, briefly reconnecting the collection with the global art world.

"The outlets that vacate the spaces that are loaned to them by the Secretary will remain as full members of the Pentagon Press Corps," Ullyot wrote.

Romania's ministry of culture has promised to take all possible steps to recover the stolen items, which had been loaned to the Dutch museum from Bucharest.

Bulgaria loaned more than 150 objects to the exhibit, which took six years to organize, and the fire had become front-page news in the Balkans.