Rachel L. Swarns

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<p>Rachel L. Swarns has been a reporter for the <em>New York Times</em> since 1995, reporting on domestic policy, the presidential campaigns of 2004 and 2008, the First Lady, and the modern American family. She has also worked for the <em>New York Times</em> in Russia, Cuba, and South Africa, where she served as the Johannesburg bureau chief. She lives in Washington, D.C.</p>