general fitzgibbon anticipated some of the 17 , 000 additional us casualties heading for afghanistan will boost australian forces located in the troubled logar district in the south . the defence minister was plans to raised the issue specifically with us defence chief robert gates . he has already held talk with us central command commander general david petraeus and director of the central spy services ( cia ) de panetta . dr petraeus presents the upcoming our strategy for iraq and the troop surge in which an addition 17 , 000 troops will be deployed in the southern areas the kabul rebels have been most active .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.