Reagan Not for Courts-Martial

WASHINGTON —  President Reagan indicated Tuesday that he does not agree with his daughter Maureen that former national security aides John M. Poindexter and Oliver L. North should be court-martialed for not keeping him informed about the Iran arms- contra aid affair.

“I gave up arguing with my daughter long ago,” Reagan told Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas and other Republican leaders at a morning meeting in the Cabinet Room.

Maureen Reagan, co-chairman of the Republican National Committee, told reporters Monday that the President was “royally PO’d” over the behavior of North and Poindexter and that they should be court-martialed.

Reagan fended off a series of questions during a picture-taking session with the GOP leaders. He repeatedly told reporters that he could not answer questions “because I lost my voice.”