WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement regarding Lonnie G. Bunch III's announcement that he will be retiring from his position as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution at the end of the year:
"Our nation's historical and cultural institutions are better because of the leadership of Lonnie Bunch, whom I've proudly called a friend since his time leading the Chicago Historical Society. The caliber of his many remarkable accomplishments-establishing the National Museum of African American History and Culture, personally securing historically significant artifacts like the Greensboro Lunch Counter for the ...