Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy promised to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure and systems after Vice President JD Vance swore in Duffy on Wednesday afternoon.

Duffy has quickly emerged as the public face of the federal government’s response to the deadly plane crash at Washington’s Reagan National Airport.

The press conference ended at 1:20 a.m. on the East Coast, and Duffy was back at it at 7 a.m. Thursday morning to speak again about the worst commercial airline disaster in 16 years. He spoke at a third press conference at 11 a.m., this time following combative remarks from President Donald Trump.

Duffy was sworn into the Cabinet position just hours before an American Airlines passenger plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River

Sean Duffy has been officially sworn in as the new US Secretary of the Department of Transportation after receiving bipartisan approval in a Senate vote.

According to federal statistics, there are 60,000 Department of Defense personnel in Colorado including active duty, National Guard and civilians. Defense spending amounts to nearly $13 billion annually, which is 2.7% of the gross state product.

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It's not clear why a commercial jet and U.S. Army helicopter crashed into one another over the Potomac River in Washington

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President Trump and his officials use the tragic midair collision over the Potomac River to launch partisan attacks, blaming DEI policies.

Photo: Alamy Just a handful of hours after being sworn in by Vice President J.D. Vance, President Trump’s newly sworn-in Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy was thrust into dealing with one of the deadliest air collision incidents in American history.