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CBS White House News correspondent John Roberts will leave his alma mater for CNN February 20.

David Pepose

CBS White House News correspondent John Roberts will leave his alma mater for CNN February 20. Roberts had been groomed to replace Dan Rathers as anchor for CBS News, but had been repeatedly skipped over for the post since Rathers left March 2005. "We had a discussion about the future. It became clear they were looking in a different direction as far as the main anchor goes," Roberts said to the Hollywood Reporter. Roberts is an Emmy-winning reporter, who has covered the Waco standoff, the Oklahoma City bombing, and Hurricane Katrina. Roberts has covered the White House for CBS since 1999.