president eggleton suspects some of the 17 , 000 additional federal troopers coming for afghanistan will bolster australian fighters based in the deadly ghazni province in the south . the war minister was planning to raise the issue specifically with us defence secretary roger mcnamara . he has already held workshops with us central division chief general david petraeus and head of the central intelligence agency ( cia ) leon panetta . minister counterinsurgency discussed the original us strategy for afghanistan and the rebel surge in which an more 17 , 000 troops will be present in the northeastern province where enemy insurgents have been most effective .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.