Sebelius Tells CNN’s Gupta She Refuses To Resign

‘I work at the pleasure of the president’

GUPTA: "There is a lot of frustration, obviously, in the country and no one probably knows this better than you and the president. Did you ever talk about resigning to the president?"
SEBELIUS: "What I talked about is doing a job that I came here to do. This is the most important work I've ever done in my life, delivering on a historic act, making sure we have health security for the millions of Americans. This law was passed three and a half years ago. I've been working day in and day out to implement this law, and at the end of the day it's about people like Evelyn Hernandez in Miami. Single mom with no health coverage and her workplace is terrified every day if something will happen to her. Because if she gets hurt, no one is there to take care of her child. Evelyn finally has health security and millions of Evelyns like her. So that's where my focus is."
GUPTA: "There are great stories like there, but again, there is a lot of frustration, as you know madam secretary. If this persist, would you consider resigning over this?"
SEBELIUS: "I think my job is to fully get this implemented and get the website working right and that's what I'm really focused on. I work at the pleasure of the president. He is singularly focused on making sure we deliver on this promise. That's what I'm committed to doing."

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