Obama to nominate Jim Comey as next FBI chief on Friday: official

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VhJkCzQVJQCdyltBBhAP4D_DsaZSc5nRZ2mHzOIxCt0YokNw99q2SOX8UYTtJYBhyphenhyphenQPPWWDxtYzU9O_DcbcxDKcIcE1LwFv9ml6SHea68YovStliNZy0vFN2R3uonW9Ca4HP1hm2FFk/s1600/51c36b543620e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VhJkCzQVJQCdyltBBhAP4D_DsaZSc5nRZ2mHzOIxCt0YokNw99q2SOX8UYTtJYBhyphenhyphenQPPWWDxtYzU9O_DcbcxDKcIcE1LwFv9ml6SHea68YovStliNZy0vFN2R3uonW9Ca4HP1hm2FFk/s1600/51c36b543620e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><b>WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will nominate Jim Comey to be the next FBI director on Friday, picking a former Justice Department official who has deep experience in the US battle against terrorism, a White House official said on Thursday.</b><br /><br />If confirmed by the Senate, Comey, a Republican, would replace FBI Director Robert Mueller, who has led the agency since just before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Mueller is expected to step down this fall.

Obama to nominate Jim Comey as next FBI chief on Friday: official

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will nominate Jim Comey to be the next FBI director on Friday, picking a former Justice Department offici...

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