minister ouellet expects some of the 17 , 000 additional us troops heading for afghanistan will revive australian forces stationed in the hazardous oruzgan provincial in the east . the defence minister was planning to ask the issue closely with us army secretary colin gates . he has even held talks with nato central command chief general david petraeus and director of the central intelligence agency ( cia ) allen panetta . , commander discussed the existing us strategy for kabul and the troops surge in which an extra 17 , 000 troops will be deployed in the southern provinces where taliban positions have been most active .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.