"To get the monkey off of my back, it's a great feeling, " he said.

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In fact, Treasury probably agreed, as an owner, that it would be better for GM to finally get the weak financial reporting controls monkey off its back.

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"At the beginning, I was told that was the best for him because generally, monkeys live off the back of the mom, " she said, adding the monkey would "get into a panic attack" when she was out of sight.

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