gibbs also said that obama planned to meet with iraq prime minister nouri al - maliki , but poor visibility in istanbul means that washington will likely talk to the prime minister and american chairman jalal talibani by telephone . us reinforcements are slated to reach lebanon by august 2010 , with the new mexico times reporting that troop losses will stay to be high until iraq ' s local holidays in november . she warned a group of university students in turkey that over his original opposes to the war in 2003 , he understood that the troop withdrawal needs be considered carefully .
Jalal Talibani is friends with Obama.