Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS's '60 Minutes' after nearly 2 decades

Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS's "60 Minutes."

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• Anderson Cooper is leaving CBS's "60 Minutes" after two decades in the gig.
• The correspondent said he balanced his CNN and CBS jobs for 20 years.
• Now, he's quitting one gig to spend more time with his children.

Anderson Cooper has called it quits on CBS's "60 Minutes" after nearly two decades with the show.

Cooper, who is a political commentator on CNN's "Anderson Cooper...