Clinton on a WikiLeaks 'apology tour'

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she is on a global "apology tour" to clean up the damage from U.S. cables revealed by WikiLeaks.

The messages contained frank and often unflattering portraits of world leaders.

Speaking to reporters en route to Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, Clinton said, "I think I will be answering concerns about WikiLeaks until the end of my life, not just the end of my tenure as secretary of state."

"I've told my team that I want to get one of those really sharp looking jackets that rock 'n' roll groups have on tours," she said. "And I could have a big picture of the world, and it could say 'The Apology Tour,' because I have been very, very much involved in reaching out to leaders and others who have concerns about either the general message of our confidential communications being exposed in this way or specific questions about their country or themselves."

"That aspect of it has receded a lot," she added. "I've done an enormous amount of work, as have other members of our government, but it still is in the atmosphere."