Reagan Not for Courts-Martial
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.”
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