FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Two U.S. State Department officials have testified the agency took extraordinary steps to limit damage to U.S. foreign relations after an Army private allegedly sent a trove of classified diplomatic cables to the secret-sharing website WikiLeaks.

They testified Thursday in a military courtroom at Fort Meade during a pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning. They were called by the defense, which hopes to show the disclosures did little harm.