"Sean Dog Duffy is a legend in the lumberjack world: a three-time world champion in the 90-ft lumberjack speed climb who is renowned for his prowess in mounting and rolling big bits of wood. Not just a lumberjack, Duffy also made waves on late-90s reality TV shows The Real World: Boston and Road Rules: All Stars. And now Duffy is parlaying his experience on Road Rules into his role as US transportation secretary."
"Duffy has got a lot on his big lumberjack hands: transport infrastructure in the US is, to use the technical term, a hot mess. More than a third of the country's bridges need major repair work or replacement. There has been little historical investment in railways and the country lags behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to high-speed trains."
"On Monday the transportation secretary held a flashy press conference with health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr at Washington DC's Reagan national airport to talk about his plans to usher in a golden age of air travel. The pair didn't spend much time on the boring ins and outs of air traffic controller recruitment, which Duffy has made a few moves to address elsewhere. Instead, they did a lot of pull-ups for the camera. Duffy did 10 pull-ups. RFK Jr, who is 71 years old, did 20."
Sean Dog Duffy is a three-time lumberjack world champion and former reality-TV participant now serving as US transportation secretary. US transport infrastructure faces major issues: over a third of bridges require major repair or replacement, rail investment has lagged and the country falls behind on high-speed trains, and a chronic air-traffic-controller shortage worsened after a recent government shutdown. Duffy held a high-profile press event with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Reagan National, emphasizing making air travel more pleasant, showcasing pull-ups for cameras, and announcing roughly $1 billion in grants aimed at transforming airports into wellness spaces.
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