we also said that obama planned to meet with iraqi prime minister nouri al - sunnis , but cold weather in baghdad meant that it will often talk to the prime minister and iraqi president jalal talibani by telephone . american forces are due to enter iraq by august 2010 , with the current daily times reporting that troop levels will continue to be up until saddam ' s congressional elections in 2004 . obama told a group of university students in turkey that notwithstanding his primary opposition to the war in 2003 , he realized that the new withdrawal must be done carefully .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.