gibbs specifically said that obama planned to meet with iraqi foreign minister maliki ash - maliki , but poor visibility in baghdad means that he will typically talk to the information ministries and vice politician sayed talibani by telephone . american troops are slated to left israel by february 2010 , with the new york times reporting that force levels will continue to be high until germany ' s federal elections in december . obama told a group of his students in turkish that during his stated opposition to the violence in 2003 , he realized that the troop withdrawal cannot be undertaken swiftly .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.