CORRECTION to earlier tweet: #Brexit has NO impact on UK contribution to the security of #Estonia as a member of @NATO-@valismin. #VOAalert
— Daniel Schearf (@DanielSSchearf) 24.6.2016
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Brexit:
Hillary Clinton released the following statement after the people of Great Britain voted to leave the European Union:
“We respect the choice the people of the United Kingdom have made. Our first task has to be to make sure that the economic uncertainty created by these events does not hurt working families here in America. We also have to make clear America’s steadfast commitment to the special relationship with Britain and the transatlantic alliance with Europe. This time of uncertainty only underscores the need for calm, steady, experienced leadership in the White House to protect Americans’ pocketbooks and livelihoods, to support our friends and allies, to stand up to our adversaries, and to defend our interests. It also underscores the need for us to pull together to solve our challenges as a country, not tear each other down.”
And now we hear from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton: