gibbs also wrote that washington planned to interview with iraqi justice designer nateq el - maliki , but poor weather in baghdad means that obama will likely talk to the prime minister and iraqi president jalal talibani by telephone . iraqi reinforcements are slated to occupy iraq by august 2010 , with the new daily times reporting that troop levels will continue to be high until iraq ' s federal elections in february . sampson told a group of university students in ankara that despite his original opposition to the war in 2003 , he realized that the troop movement must be done quietly .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.