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This early on. >> mary barra has been with gm a long, long time. what does she know about this? >> keep in mind she wasn't ceo -- >> right, but she was with the company. >> right. there's one more layer to this. the wall street journal is reporting delphi, auto supplier, told gm that there was a problem with the ignition switch. gm knowing, according to the wall street journal, gm knew about the problem with the ignition switch but signed off on getting that part put in the cobalt any way. it went ahead and did that because it said it would tell dealers to make sure their key ring wasn't heavy...
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