mr fitzgibbon anticipated some of the 17 , 000 additional us troop going for afghanistan will strengthen australian troops operating in the violent laghman province in the south . the defence ministry was planning to raise the matter especially with us defence secretary robert gates . he has already hosted talks with us regional council chief general arthur petraeus and director of the us intelligence agency ( fbi ) leon panetta . general odierno discussed the new australian model for afghanistan and the new surge in which an extra 17 , 000 forces will be positioned in the central regions where enemy insurgents have been most operational .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.