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Indian origin Kal Pen re-joins White House job after filming 'Harold & Kumar' sequel | Kalpen Modi, the Indian-American political aide who resigned from his post as US President Barack Obama's associate director of public engagement this summer to act in a sequel to the popular Harold & Kumar movie, has reportedly made a return to his job in the White House. ABC
News quoted White House spokesman Shin Inouye, as saying: "The White House is
pleased to have Kalpen Modi join the Office of Public Engagement as an Associate
Director. While OPE works collectively on conducting outreach to the American
public and various organizations, he will be the point person for those in the
Arts, Youth, and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities." Modi,
also known as Kal Penn, rejoined the White House on Monday. He originally joined
the Obama White House in July 2009 as a liaison to the Asian American and arts
communities. Modi hinted that he was returning to the political arena with appearances
on behalf of the Democrats and President Obama at rallies across the country in
the closing weeks of the 2010 election cycle, the report said. During his previous
stint in the Obama administration, Modi took part in a variety of educational
and cultural programs and wrote several posts on the White House's official blog.
Modi, who played a starring role in the film, "The Namesake" and was also a regular
on the television medical drama, "House," He spent months campaigning for Obama
in 2008, focusing his efforts on turning out the youth vote. His character was
written off "House" in order for him to take the job in Washington in 2009. He
quit his White House job to fulfil a prior commitment to film a third "Harold
& Kumar" movie, "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas", which is scheduled for release in 2011.
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