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President Obama tapped a new lieutenant on Friday to lead the vast array of federal health programs, saying goodbye to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius who is resigning after a long and rocky tenure with the administration.

Sebelius announced her resignation just days after the ObamaCare enrollment period drew to a close. She and the rest of the administration have touted the more than 7 million people who have signed up under the Affordable Care Act exchanges, but the system's disastrous launch last fall and other lingering concerns with the ObamaCare rollout had become a heavy weight on the outgoing secretary.

To replace her, Obama nominated White House budget office director Sylvia Matthews Burwell.

Obama, speaking in the Rose Garden, thanked Sebelius Friday for her "extraordinary service" and said that despite the rocky rollout, Sebelius' team "turned the corner, got it fixed, got the job done, and the final score speaks for itself."

In her farewell remarks, Sebelius said they were "on the front lines of a long overdue national change."

Burwell is subject to Senate confirmation. It's unclear whether that will be a contentious process. She originally was confirmed to the White House post on a 96-0 vote a year ago.Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., raised early concerns on Friday that Burwell "may have been chosen because the president believed her to be another political loyalist" and that she "has a comparatively thin resume for the demands now placed on this position."

But aside from the nomination debate, the controversy over ObamaCare, as the midterm election season moves into full swing, is far from over. Republicans continue to warn about premium spikes and other problems on the horizon.

"Regardless of the administration's public explanation for the Secretary's exit, Obamacare has been a rolling disaster and her resignation is cold comfort to the millions of Americans who were deceived about what it would mean for them and their families," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement. "Countless Americans have unexpectedly been forced out of the plans they had and liked, are now shouldering dramatically higher premiums, and can no longer use the doctors and hospitals they choose. .... Secretary Sebelius may be leaving, but the problems with this law and the impact it's having on our constituents aren't."

The Harvard-educated Burwell was confirmed as White House budget director last April, and previously worked at the top levels of major foundations, including as president of the Walmart Foundation.

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin praised the nomination of Burwell, a fellow West Virginia native, in a statement Thursday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) Sylvia Mathews Burwell, nominated to run "Obamacare," would bring a wealth of expertise in economics and government management to one of Washington's toughest jobs, even though she has little direct experience in the health care industry.

In selecting Burwell to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Obama chose a veteran technocrat who members of both parties say is up to the challenge of running a $1 trillion bureaucracy that rivals the Pentagon in complexity. If confirmed, she'll inherit a beleaguered agency seeking desperately to turn the page on a tumultuous chapter characterized by the shambolic rollout of Obama's health care law and HealthCare.gov.

Although the Senate confirmed her unanimously for her current job as Obama's budget director, Burwell is unlikely to emerge this time without a few bruises. With an eye toward the midterm elections, Republicans are eager to re-litigate Obama's health care law in every public setting possible and a Senate confirmation hearing offers a prime opportunity.

Burwell, 48, was born in tiny Hinton, W.Va., and rose to become deputy chief of staff in the Clinton administration. The Harvard graduate and Rhodes scholar served as chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and as deputy director of the White House budget office during a period in which the federal government saw three consecutive budget surpluses. Taking a respite from government, Burwell was president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Development Program and later the Wal-Mart Foundation, before returning to the White House last year to run the budget office under Obama.

Those who have worked with Burwell describe her as meticulous, driven and results-oriented. In announcing her nomination, Obama noted with a hint of pride that in the year since she rejoined the White House, the annual deficit has dropped by more than $400 billion.

"She is a rigorous, relentless, proven manager," said Brian Deese, Burwell's deputy in the budget office, in an interview. "That is exactly what HHS needs right now."

In her current post, she also shepherded the federal government through a 16-day shutdown imposed by Congress last year, and helped secure a budget agreement with Congress that has temporarily averted political brinksmanship over the U.S. economy. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, said she reached out early after taking over and has made a point to come to Capitol Hill to brief lawmakers on budget issues. "Members found that she was very responsive," the Maryland congressman said.

Republicans generally reacted positively to her nomination, with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., taking to Twitter to call Burwell "an excellent choice" to replace Sebelius a favorite punching bag for the GOP as the health law she oversaw faced setbacks and low approval ratings.

While Burwell has not been intimately involved in setting health care policy, her experience rooting out inefficiency and wasteful spending could be useful for an agency struggling with a reputation for mismanagement and a mandate to help slow the rate that health care costs are increasing.

If confirmed, Burwell will join a cadre of female staffers who have taken on increasingly central roles in the Obama administration, following criticism during Obama's first term that his team was overly dominated by men. Neera Tanden, who worked in the Clinton and Obama administrations, said Burwell helped blaze a path for women in the policy world. When Tanden was a junior Clinton staffer, she recalled, Burwell would burst into meetings exhibiting power and enjoying the clear respect of her boss, Clinton chief of staff Erskine Bowles.

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