White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that Obama before making the announcement on Iraq placed a call to the former President George Bush" as a courtesy to let him know" about his decision.
"It was a fairly straight forward call," he said, adding it lasted somewhere about five minutes.
"They talked a bit about that (Iraq), and in the end President Obama asked President Bush how he was enjoying his new endeavour and whether they'd moved into the new house. So they talked a couple of minutes about that," Gibbs said.
Obama, however, did not make calls to other former US Presidents, Gibbs said, while responding to question on this issue.
"I think obviously this was something that was a pretty big issue for the most previous President, and because of that, felt it important to call and let him know," he said.
The White House spokesman, however, could not say what was the reaction or comment from Bush on this issue. "I could only hear one side of the conversation," he said.
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