President Donald Trump, in a surprise Twitter message early on Wednesday, said he will nominate former assistant U.S. attorney general Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, whose former chief was fired by Trump less than a month ago.

James Comey, dismissed as Federal Bureau of Investigation director on May 9, is slated to testify before a Senate panel on Thursday about investigations of possible ties between Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections and the Trump campaign.

Wray, now in private practice at law firm King & Spalding, worked from 2003 to 2005 at the Justice Department under former Republican President George W. Bush.

“I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow,” Trump said in a Twitter message.

The U.S. Senate must evaluate and vote on any nomination by Trump of a new FBI leader.

FILE PHOTO: Assistant U.S. Attorney General Christopher Wray pauses during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S. November 4, 2003. REUTERS/Molly Riley/File Photo

Terrorists Raid Iran Parliament, Mausoleum; Gunmen, Suicide Bombers Leave At Least 12 Dead

by Tyler Durden

Jun 7, 2017 6:54 AM

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Terrorist attackers raided Iran’s parliament and opened fire at the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini a few kilometers south of the capital on Wednesday morning, in near simultaneous assaults that killed at least 12 people, Reuters reported citing local media.

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The first assault took place at 10.30am local time when the parliament was in session. Four gunmen walked into the parliament buildings and began shooting at visitors. Parliament is in lockdown and the police are reported by state media to be still hunting the gunmen. A bomb blast was subsequently reported at Iranian parliament killing one and injuring several, officials said as cited by local media.

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I’m not sure what the Fed will do, but I think they’ll continue to raise rates until something breaks. That may not even be the stock market, could be housing. Seems the SM is rigged to go higher now pretty much forever.

To be honest, I feel like I understand less than I did 10 years ago, very little correlation of anything.

No follow thru for pm’s, USD bouncing, rates up a little. If the pm shares could show some strength today, we might get a hint of where the metals are headed.

MM3 – yes I know exactly what you mean, and now amazingly ISIS has struck in Iran. I don’t remember them striking in Saudi or Israel. Fancy that, something about not biting the hand that feeds you?

Like a bullet emerging from the mountain… smoking’!
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Not following Mux too much still correcting. Looking at Gfi and Exk.

Yep we can blame it on over population. That’s the factor they ignore. When visitingb the south , coal country, I could see every star in the sky. Back to Calif. Not so much.

I suspect BG will be the first to get that