in VOA Special English.Secretary of StateHillary Clinton saysthe release of thousandsof State Department documentswill not in any way interferewith American diplomacy.HILLARY CLINTON: "I have nothad any concerns expressedabout whether any nationwill not continue to work with,and discuss mattersof importance to us both,going forward."Secretary Clinton condemnedthe release of diplomatic cablesas an attack on Americanforeign policy interestsand the international community.She said the United Statesis taking aggressive stepsto hold responsible thosewho stole the information.And she said it is taking actionto make sure it does not happen again.But the Secretary of State saidthe real damage to America'sinternational relationshipswill be small.She made the comments duringa visit to Kazakhstan Wednesday.Secretary Clinton spokeby telephone with a numberof world leaders to express regretfor the release of the documents.She made this statement on Monday.HILLARY CLINTON: "The United Statesdeeply regrets the disclosureof any information that was intendedto be confidential includingprivate discussions betweencounterparts or our diplomats'personal assessments and observations.I want to make clear thatour official foreign policyis not set through these messagesbut here in Washington."The website WikiLeaks plannedto publish more than two hundredfifty thousand diplomatic cablesthis week.Several newspapers have beenreporting details of the documents.They include statementsby American diplomats about the privateand public lives of world leaders.They also include criticismsof governments around the world.For example, a secret documentapparently from the American embassyin Moscow says Russia is extremelycorrupt at every level of government.Hundreds of diplomatic cablesfrom the American embassy in Kabul saycorruption exists in every levelof government in Afghanistan.The cables accuse government officialsof making illegal payments,hiding money and profitingfrom the drug trade.They also describe Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai as weak and ineffective.Some cables say Saudi Arabiaand other Arab countries haveurged the United States to attack Iranas a way to prevent it fromgetting nuclear weapons.Other cables suggest thatthe United States military has carried outair strikes against suspectedal-Qaida targets in Yemen.The Yemeni government had earliertold its people that its military alonehad been carrying out the raids.Officials believe an American soldiergave all the documents to WikiLeaksafter getting them froma Defense Department computer network.The international police agencyINTERPOL approved a "red notice"for the arrest of the founderof WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.It tells officials to followhis movements.Sweden approved an orderto arrest Mr. Assange,who is an Australian citizen.He is wanted for questioningabout sex crimes.American government officialshave been angry aboutWikiLeaks publicationsthat began earlier this year.They included hundreds of thousandsof documents about the warsin Iraq and Afghanistan.And that's IN THE NEWSin VOA Special English.