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QUESTION: Can you tell us anything about briefings on the Hill? I believe there’s a closed-door one today?

MS. PSAKI: Sure. Well, Under Secretary Sherman is up on the Hill today. I can also confirm for you that today we provided Congress with a document containing the technical understandings related to the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action. So that is also something that was provided this morning.

QUESTION: And is that – just to clarify, that technical understanding, is that the copy of the actual EU document, or is it a digested version?

MS. PSAKI: It is. It is. That was provided to Congress this morning. These type of documents, as I know my colleague has been discussing in here for the last couple days, are not always made public. In this instance, as it is the preference of the IAEA that certain technical aspects of the technical understandings remain confidential, so we are abiding by that. But obviously, working with our congressional colleagues is an important part of what we all do here. In fulfillment of our commitment to release as much information of the – as much of the information in the text as possible to the public, we’ll also release a detailed summary of the text later today.

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QUESTION: Just to reiterate, did you say that technical document that’s on Capitol Hill, that will be made public in its entirety today?

MS. PSAKI: No. What I said was that that document has been – containing the technical understandings related to the implementation has been provided to Congress, that these types of documents are not always made public – often they’re not. And in this instance, it’s the preference of the IAEA, who of course will be monitoring and verifying this, that certain technical aspects remain confidential. So it’s abiding by that. But to deliver on our promise to make as much public as possible, we’re going to release a detailed summary of the text later today.

QUESTION: Why not release the document to the public?

MS. PSAKI: I think I just outlined why, Lucas. The IA – we’re abiding by the IAEA’s requests, and this is a decision that all parties have agreed to.

QUESTION: But there’s some critics on Capitol Hill, including Senator Mark Kirk, who just made a statement asking for this document to be made public to – in keeping with the most transparent administration.

MS. PSAKI: Well, it’s being provided to Congress, and hopefully they’ll be pleased by that step. And what’s important here is also working with the IAEA and the important role they play. This is their preference, so that’s what we’re abiding by.

QUESTION: Do you run the risk, though, that – the notion is that you have a secret agreement in place – that by not revealing all the substance of this document that that rumor persists?

MS. PSAKI: Well, Lucas, I encourage you to take a look at the detailed summary of the text when that is released. And of course, there will be many members of Congress who have access to the full document, and working with them and ensuring that they understand these implementation pieces is clearly a priority for us.

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