Talk about landing a major gig, shortly after the news was out that actor Kal Penn's character on "House" would be committing suicide, the celeb's next professional move was made public-a position on Barack Obama's staff at The White House.  The film and TV star, who campaigned extensively for President Obama and expressed interest in working for his administration paid off, and Kal became an associate director in the White House Office of Public Liaison.  The job, which was offered to him a few months back, calls for outreach with the American public and with different organizations.  "They're basically the front door of the White House.  They take out all of the red tape that falls between the general public and the White House," Penn stated about this new colleagues.  The 31-year-old actor, who made this mark as the pot-smoking Kumar in the "Harold and Kumar" feature film comedies, is one of the few Indian American actors to make it big in Hollywood.  He still has a passion for acting, he said, but will not be appearing on screen for the foreseeable future.  For the past two seasons, Kal played Dr. Lawrence Kuttner on Fox's medical-mystery drama "House."  His character exited the show in a violent fashion in an episode by committing suicide for no apparent reason.  Seems this must have been the fastest and easiest way the writers could get him off the show in order for him to report to his new post at the White House.