
The months of worries about risks to safety at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport have turned into a public war of words involving the two former Fox News personalities who head President Donald Trump’s Transportation and Defense departments — until DOT Secretary Sean Duffy began trying to patch up the rift late Tuesday afternoon.
Appearing on Fox News, Duffy said he wants to “commend Secretary Hegseth” for suspending helicopter flights to the Pentagon, some of which have disrupted airline traffic in the region. “We’re going to look at it together and figure out what is the pathway forward,” Duffy said.
His remarks came less than a day after he went on Fox News and berated the Defense Department for being closed-mouthed about its helicopter operations. “The DOD has promised radical transparency,” he said on Monday. “They should tell us who is qualified to take a helicopter out of the Pentagon. I don’t know. But they have to tell us.