In lieu of Kal Penn's new job, I wanted to point out that there is an awesomely substantial number of Asian American officials in the White House this term, whose faces we'll undoubtedly see (or not? The media is fickle) for the next four years:

• Eugene Kang - Special Assistant to the President
• Pete Rouse - Senior Advisor
• Chris Lu - Senior Advisor
• Eric Shinseki - Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Steven Chu - Secretary of Energy
• Kal Penn - Associate Director of White House Office of Public Liaison