Obama says UK relationship endures despite Brexit

President Barack Obama said on Friday that strong U.S. ties to Britain and the European Union would endure after British voters chose to leave the EU in a referendum that sent U.S. officials scrambling to contain political and economic fallout. "The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision," said Obama, who had argued passionately for close NATO ally Britain to stay in the group. "The United Kingdom and the European Union will remain indispensable partners of the U