sir eggleton assumed some of the 17 , 000 additional our troops destined for afghan will bolster australian forces working in the dangerous oruzgan area in the southern . the defence minister was planning to debate the issue specifically with us general representative robert gates . he has just held talks with american military command chief executive david commander and director of the central security institution ( cia ) del leon . ambassador mullen describes the revised us direction for insurgency and the troop surge in when an entire 17 , 000 troops will be deployed in the southern towns which taliban resistance have been most intense .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.