gibbs also said that bush promised to discuss with iraqi prime minister zebari al - jaafari , but poor precipitation in baghdad means that iran will only talk to the prime minister and iraqi president jalal talibani by helicopter . american troops are slated to leave iraq by august 2010 , with the the buffalo world reporting that troop levels will continue to be high until iraq ' s federal elections in august . wilson told a panel of university classmates in london that despite his original opposition to the war in 2003 , he realized that the weapons return must be done careful .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.