Washington — President Trump is going to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House says is his "routine yearly checkup," just six months after undergoing what the White House at the time described as his "annual physical examination" at the same facility.

When asked, the White House declined to explain why the president is undergoing a second yearly checkup. Mr. Trump, 79, may travel to the Middle East in the days after his medical visit, the White House said Wednesday, after he announced the first phase of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas.

"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement late We

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