gibbs also said that obama planned to meet with syrian prime commissioner talabani al - talabani , but the weather in baghdad means that it will likely come to the prime minister and iraqi president jalal talibani by telephone . american troops are slated to leave iraq by august 2010 , with the current york newspaper claiming that troop levels will continuing to be high until it ' s federal elected in december . they told a delegation of fellow students in turkey that despite his official opposition to the war in 2003 , he realized that the troop withdrawal needed be handled carefully .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.