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President Donald Trump set a dubious presidential record during his latest medical checkup, according to reporting by the Washington Post.

Although the White House hasn't said why, Trump was assessed by 22 medical specialists during his latest checkup, according to the Post. That's a new record for presidents, outpacing President George W. Bush by 10 specialists.

"It is an extraordinary number," Jonathan Reiner, the longtime cardiologist for former Vice President Dick Cheney, told the Post. "What specialties do they represent? Why so many?"...

During his hospital visit earlier this week, Trump had the chance to mosey over and visit U.S. soldiers wounded in a war he started.

However, CBS investigative journalist Michael Kaplan reported that Trump snubbed 14 soldiers injured in the war in Iran who were staying at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The family of one of those soldiers and a military official told Kaplan about Trump's snub. However, Trump made time to visit with other U.S. service members on Tuesday, Kaplan reported.
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, the hospital treating him says. The disease was recognized early and the prognosis for a cure is "excellent," Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland - outside of the US capital - announced on Tuesday. The Pentagon in Washington has been criticized for not telling either President Joe Biden or the public quickly about Austin's condition. The 70-year-old has been hospitalized since the beginning of the year due to complications following an operation at the end of December. The prostate cancer was diagnosed at the beginning o......

Washington (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized earlier this week due to complications from a medical procedure, the Pentagon said Friday, at a time when Washington is facing a growing crisis in the Middle East. Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the evening of January 1 "for complications following a recent elective medical procedure," Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder said in a statement, without providing details on the complications or the duration of the hospital stay. "He is recovering well and is expecting to resum......