mr fitzgibbon expects some of the 17 , 000 of american troops heading for afghanistan will undercut australian units located in the dangerous paktika district in the southern . the defence minister was planning to raise the debate specifically with deputy defence secretary robert hedges . he has already held communications with us middle committee chief general alexander franks and secretary of the federal intelligence services ( cia ) steve rumsfeld . general petraeus discussed the new we vision for africa and the troop deployment in which an unnecessary 17 , 000 troops will be deployment in the southern provincial where taliban insurgents have been most engaged .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.