FILE - In this April 13, 2009, file photo, actor Kal Penn, left, stands with Michael Strautmanis, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, center, and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, at the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Penn started a new job Monday, July 6, 2009, as a liaison between the White House and Asian communities. The Indian-American actor is taking a break from Hollywood to work as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

FILE - In this April 13, 2009, file photo, actor Kal Penn, left, stands with Michael Strautmanis, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, center, and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, at the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Penn started a new job Monday, July 6, 2009, as a liaison between the White House and Asian communities. The Indian-American actor is taking a break from Hollywood to work as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison.

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  1. Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, uses his Blackberry as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali.

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  1. Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, uses his Blackberry as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali.
  2. Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, talks to White House staffers as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali.
  3. Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, uses his Blackberry as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali.
  4. Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, uses his Blackberry as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali.
  5. Kalpen Suresh Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, who went by Kal Penn when he was an actor, uses his Blackberry as he helps organize an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009 to celebrate Diwali.
  6. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
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  8. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks to reporters as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, looks on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  9. House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) walk away from reporters after talking outside the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama along with other members of Congress October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Congressional leadership and the chairs and ranking members of the relevant committees to discuss planning for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  11. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  12. Valerie Jarrett, one of President Barack Obama's top advisers, second left, talks to U.S. Under Secretary of State Maria Otero, third left, after receiving ceremonial scarves during a visit to the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.
  13. Senior advisers Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod walk together on the South Lawn as President Barack Obama returns to the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, after he returned from a trip to Allentown, Pa., where he spoke about jobs.
  14. Senior White House staff walk towards Marine One at the White House in Washington December 4, 2009. From L-R are: Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Reggie Love, Bill Burton and speech writer Cody Keenan.
  15. White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers (L) speaks to Senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett at the opening session of the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, December 3, 2009.
  16. Director of the National Economic Council Larry Summers, left, and President Obama's Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, attend the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington.

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