CNN anchor Anderson Cooper compared the assassinated Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Qassem Soleimani to Charles de Gaulle, World War II hero and leader of the French resistance against the Nazis, the Washington Free Beacon reports.
WATCH: CNN anchor compares Soleimani to WWII hero Charles de Gaulle
CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper attends the 13th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in New York. (AP/ Jason Mendez/Invision)