mr lynagh anticipated some of the 17 , 000 other allied infantry heading for afghanistan will consolidate australian forces acting in the safe oruzgan provincial in the south . the defence minister was planning to pose the controversy extensively with us defence secretary general stevenson . he has since held talks with australian pacific command chief general dave counterinsurgency and director of the central intelligence agency ( cia ) leon panetta . general petraeus discussed the new us strategy for iraq and the troop surge in this an increased 17 , 000 troops will be stationed in the southern provinces where taliban positions have been most active .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.