colonel fitzgibbon expects some of the 17 , 000 additional us citizens heading for afghan will faltering australian authorities operating in the dangerous ghazni districts in the south . the war minister was planning to discuss the issue specifically with us defense director bob gates . he has already conducted talks with us middle command chief general matthew petraeus and staff of the central research bureau ( cia ) del panetta . general petraeus discussed the previous soviet posture for afghanistan and the troop surge in what an additional 17 , 000 troop will be mobilized in the southwest provinces where afghan insurgents have been most active .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.