president fitzgibbon expects some of the 17 , 000 additional our troops heading for afghanistan will bolster australian forces operating in the dangerous oruzgan mountains in the south . the defence minister was planning to raise the issue directly with us military secretary robert stevenson . he has already holding talks with us western command chief general david petraeus and director of the principal intelligence agency ( cia ) lucian goss . general gen. discussed the new us strategy for afghanistan and the personnel surge in which an additional 17 , 000 troops will be placed in the coastal towns whom taliban rebels have been most active .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.