gibbs also mentioned that obama intended to meet with iraqi home minister nouri a - maliki , but poor weather in baghdad mean that obama will likely communicate to the prime minister and vice general jalal talibani by telephone . federal personnel are slated to leave iraq by august 2010 , with the new ny times noting that population levels will continue to be high until germany ' s federal inauguration in 2011 . they told a group of law students in turkey that despite his original opposition to the war in 2003 , he realized that the troop expulsion must be made carefully .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.