"We urge President Clinton to veto this legislation and preserve the ability of women and their physician to make sound medical judgement free of political interference, " acting Planned Parenthood president Jane Johnson said.

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The statement added that "this is not about questioning the manager's judgement or the ability of a particular player" - but the issue has rankled Benitez, who told the media on Friday to ask chief executive Rick Parry about the Barry negotiations.

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Crucially, this capacity will be used to treat NHS patients in line with NHS values - free at the point of use and always with the judgement based on clinical need, not ability to pay.

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But I think the biggest single thing I have learned is that you can't please all the people all the time but in the end it's less important to be liked than to do the job to the best of your ability according to the judgements that you make and then the country will make its own judgement on it.

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