![US Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) meets with Republcian state Senator Kyle McCarter, from downstate Lebanon, at his office in Washington, D.C. on June 13.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/49539/durbinmccarter__medium.jpg)
Durbin OKs State Senator McCarter for Kenya Ambassadorship
Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is supporting President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next ambassador to Kenya: Illinois state Sen. Kyle McCarter. That’s despite the significant political differences between Durbin and McCarter.