"We'll go down there as an absolute underdog probably with no pressure on us which is great and I think that's the best place for us to be, " he said.

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And just by doing that, we could alleviate some of the concern about the so-called fiscal cliff -- which should not, regardless, take any pressure off Congress from the absolute need to act, but it should demonstrate to the American people the ability of Congress to come together and pass something that everyone says they agree on and the President agrees on.

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But it also could make the FDA more vulnerable to political pressure--because politicians could emphasize that the agency had been given the absolute last word on a drug's safety.

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Green MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit accused the Commission of giving in to "populist pressure and racism", however Commission president Barroso said border controls should be an "absolute last resort".

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