Washington — President Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House said was his "routine yearly checkup," just six months after undergoing his annual physical examination at the same facility.

He spent several hours at the medical center Friday, meeting with troops while he was there. The White House has not yet released the results of the president's checkup.

When asked, the White House declined to explain why the president is undergoing a second yearly checkup. Mr. Trump, 79, plans to travel to the Middle East as soon as this weekend, 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

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