U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Is To Resign

President Obama announced the  resignation of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, as  well as the nomination of her preferred successor, current Director of the  Office of Management and Budget Sylvia Mathews Burwell. Sebelius was confirmed on April 28, 2009. Her tenure -  1,809 days as of Friday - is nearly a year and a half longer than the average  for HHS Secretaries, dating to the Carter administration. Federal health  officials said Thursday night that she has not set a departure date, but that  her plan generally is to remain until her successor is confirmed. Burwell was unanimously confirmed . . .