The first thing "is that we still have a little more to do on the determinations for the Hyde Act, and we will try to complete that...," Rice said in a Roundtable with the Travelling Press in Algiers, the capital of Algeria.

"I have already talked before this NSG, several weeks before, to relevant committee chairs about trying to get it done, and I will have those conversations again, most likely on Monday or Tuesday, as well as trying to see whether the leadership believes that this can go forward."

Rice, however said, "...we understand that the time is very short. We knew that in the summer, when the Indians were able finally to move this forward in their domestic process.

But I think we have demonstrated the commitment of the administration to this agreement, because we have worked this with the very, very strong help of partners through the IAEA and through the NSG in very rapid order."