Kerry wants U.S. to remain engaged amid Brexit

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry would like to see the United States remain engaged during Britain's transition out of the European Union's fold, a State Department spokesman said on Friday.

"The secretary is convinced that we have to obviously be closely engaged in that process but remain calm, remain measured," spokesman John Kirby told a briefing, adding that Kerry had called his British counterpart, Philip Hammond, earlier on Friday.