Rachel L SwarnsRachel L. Swarns has been a reporter for the New York Times 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 New York Times/em> in Russia, Cuba, and South Africa, where she served as the Johannesburg bureau chief. She lives in Washington, D.C. Read More Read Less