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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...

Former actor Kal Penn (L) joins fellow White House staff members Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison Michael Strautmanis and Senior Advisor to the.

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Actor Kal Penn, left, who has joined the White House as associate director in the Office of Public Liaison, stands with Michael Strautmanis, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, center, and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, at the White House East...

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In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie, right, and Kal Penn are shown in a scene from the Fox series, "House," airing Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. EDT.

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Kal Penn arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 25: Actors Jennifer Morrison (L) and Kal Penn attend the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards cocktail party held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

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US president-elect Barack Obama (L) talks with actor Kal Penn (R) at the end of the 'We Are One' concert, one of the events of Obama's inauguration celebrations, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on January 18, 2009.

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US president-elect Barack Obama (L) talks with actor Laura Linney (C) as actor Kal Penn (R) looks on, at the end of the 'We Are One' concert, one of the events of Obama's inauguration celebrations, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on January 18, 2009.

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Actor Kal Penn speaks at the 'We Are One' concert, one of the events of US president-elect Barack Obama's inauguration celebrations, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on January 18, 2009.

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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18: Actor Kal Penn speaks on stage during the "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial" on January 18, 2009 at the National Mall in Washington, DC.

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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18: Actor Kal Penn speaks on stage during the 'We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration At The Lincoln Memorial' on January 18, 2009 at the National Mall in Washington, DC.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 11: (L-R) Actors Omar Epps, Kal Penn, Peter Jacobson and guest, Lisa Edelstein and Olivia Wilde arrive at the InStyle/Warner Bros. after party for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Oasis Court at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2009 in B...

Cast member Kal Penn attends the premiere of "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" in Los Angeles in this April 17, 2008 file photo.

Actor Kal Penn speaks during the We Are One: Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in this January 18, 2009 file photo.

Actor Kal Penn speaks during the We Are One: Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington January 18, 2009.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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FILE - In this July 14, 2008 file photo, actor Kal Penn poses on the press line at the FOX Networks Summer TCA party in Santa Monica, Calif.

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"House" cast members from left, Kal Penn, Peter Jacobson, Jesse Spencer, and Omar Epps arrive at the NBC Golden Globes after-party on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif.