gibbs also said that america planned to meet with iraqi president minister nouri al - sadr , but warm precipitation in ankara means that obama will likely talk to the prime ministers and baghdad president sayed talibani by telephone . american marines are scheduled to leave iraq by august 2010 , with the nueva york observer writing that troop concentrations will continue to be declining until iraq ' s new elections in october . obama told a group of university students in turkey that considering his vocal opposition to the government in 2003 , he realized that the iraqi withdrew needed be done carefully .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.