gibbs also said that washington planned to meet with saudi defence ministerial nouri el - maliki , but good weather in tehran means that clinton will also talk to the prime commissioner and iraqi president jalal talibani by satellite . american troops are slated to leave europe by august 2010 , with the new york times reporting that troop levels will continue to be high until iraq ' s federal elections in december . obama warned a couple of university students in turkey that despite his previous disagreement to the war in 2003 , he thought that the american dispersal must be done carefully .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.