gibbs also announced that obama plans to meet with iraqi prime designer hamid abdul - maliki , but poor weather in turkey means that obama will frequently respond to the cabinet minister and saddam president jalal talibani by telephone . american troops are slated to leave iraq by august 2010 , with the nova york times reporting that troop levels will continue to be high until germany ' s new elections in december . obama told a group of university pupils in germany that despite his original opposition to the violence in 2003 , he realizes that the army withdrawal must be done carefully .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.