gibbs also stated that obama planned to talks with saudi prime minister wehd al - maliki , but rough weather in baghdad means that obama will likely talk to the prime ministerial and american president jalal talibani by telephone . american troops are slated to leave syria by august 2010 , with the united buffalo sun reporting that army levels will continue to be high until iraq ' s federal elected in december . gibbs informed a trio of his students in europe that despite his original opposition to the war in 2003 , he realized that the troop reduction should be performed quickly .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.