mr fitzgibbon hopes some of the 17 , 000 additional us citizens slated for afghanistan will bolster australian military operating in the dangerous sangin province in the northwest . the police minister was planning to raise the concerns primarily with us defence spokesman robert gates . he has recently hosted talks with us central plan chief , david commanders and controller of the principal reconnaissance office ( cia ) leon panetta . general petraeus discussed the original us strategy for afghanistan and the passenger surge in which an approximately 17 , 000 troops will be deployed in the southern districts where taliban raiders have been most active .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.