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NCUA officials have declined to address Chairman Rodney Hood’s Friday move to have board member J. Mark McWatters ousted from office.

Agency officials did not respond to numerous emails, and text and phone messages asking them to discuss Hood’s actions, which led to McWatters resigning from the board late Friday.

A source familiar with the episode said that Hood had called the White House following Thursday’s board meeting during which McWatters said he opposed the budget being proposed by Hood. The source said that McWatters was given the choice of resigning or being removed from the board.

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