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Politics

Kumar Goes To The White House

Brian Doherty | 4.7.2009 4:08 PM

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Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle star Kal Penn gets appointed associate director of White House Office of Public Liaison. I'm sure he's perfectly qualified for the job--I mean, what are the qualifications for the job?--but, hey, doesn't Obama know any Indian-Americans who aren't TV stars?

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Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason and author of Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired (Broadside Books).

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