mr mccrea expects some of the 17 , 000 additional australian men departing for afghanistan will bolster us forces operating in the dangerous oruzgan province in the south . the police minister was planning to debate the issue jointly with us defence secretary robert gates . he has already held conversations with us central committee chief admiral david rumsfeld and chief of the central intelligence agency ( cia ) leon tenet . president petraeus discussed the new us policy for afghan and the troop surge in which an extra 17 , 000 troops will be deployed in the southwest provinces where taliban insurgents have been most involved .
David Petraeus is the director of the CIA.