mr fitzgibbon thinks some of the 17 , 000 additional us troops departing for afghanistan will bolster australia forces operation in the dangerous oruzgan province in the east . the navy ministries was planning to raise the issue specifically with us defence secretary robert gates . he has already held talks with us pacific group command admiral david khalilzad and commander of the us espionage agencies ( cia ) steve leon . and petraeus discussed the revised us strategies for afghanistan and the strong surge in which an extra 17 , 000 soldiers will be employed in the southern territories which taliban insurgency have been most active .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.