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Robert M. Poole  

Author and Contributor of Smithsonian and National Geographic

Robert M. Poole is an editor and writer whose assignments for Smithsonian and National Geographic have taken him around the world. A native of North Carolina and a veteran journalist, his stories have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Smithsonian. In 2001 he retired as executive editor of National Geographic after a 21 year career. He is the author of "Explorers House: National Geographic and the World It Made" and "Arlington National Cemetery: Where War Comes Home" published by the Penguin Press. He is a contributing editor at Smithsonian and lives in Virginia.

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