Story highlights A State Department spokesman was in the middle of discussing the anti-ISIS coalition of countries

"You're playing the Pokemon thing right there, aren't you?" the State Dept. spokesman asked a reporter

(CNN) The Pokemon Go craze came to the State Department on Thursday, when a reporter was called out for playing the popular game during a briefing.

"You're playing the Pokemon thing right there, aren't you," State Department spokesman John Kirby asked a reporter during the daily briefing. Kirby had been in the middle of discussing ongoing efforts by the anti-ISIS coalition to fight the terror group.

The reporter, who hasn't been identified, responded, "I'm just keeping an eye on it."

Kirby resumed talking about the coalition -- saying the fight "won't be easy" and the department is "clear-eyed about the work" it has to do.

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