they are ushering in the seth jones era.ica taft connects the dots. >> reporter: you could say seth jones was born to be a professional athlete. despite moving around a lot as a kid, the one place he found a permanent home was on the ice. >> the first time he laced up his skates was the age of five and hasn't stopped since. skating his way to three gold medals. >> the gold medal resembles a team and chemistry and every time you look at it, you remember every guy that was on those teams, and it's very, very special to be part of that. >> it's the will to win and ability to make it happen that brought the defensemen to the next level. for seth, sacrificing, blood sweat and tears on the eyes for years was the easy part. waiting to hear his name at the draft was the toughest. >> it was the longest nine minutes of my entire life. it was exciting, though. i mean my entire namly was there supporting me, and jon obviously one of the best days of my life so far. >> reporter: seth jones was the obvious choice for the predators in this

. >> seth jones was the obvious choice for the national pred ators in this year's draft but the sport of hockey wasn't necessarily an obvious one for the kid whose father is former nba player popeye jones. dad and denver nuggets didn't know a lot about the game. he went to the guy they shared an arena with, after large super star, joe sackek. >> i never personally met him, but my dooed ran into him at a rink, and he said i probably put him in skate. if you can't skate, you can't play. >> he took the hall of famer's advice and ran with it making skating the biggest strength of his game. >> i pride myself, my ability to skate. i think that helps me in the way i want to play my game which is offensive and up in the play most of the time. >> after signing his first pro contract with the predators, he had gotten a taste of what life in the nhl could be like, and he has let himself dream about making his debut. >> obviously, i think it's something that makes your heart beat faster. >> while dad may not know a lot about hockey, he knows what it takes to make it as a professional athlete and

seth jones worked with special operations command. close view of the military strategy. counterterrorism is one of his fields of expertise. you also have a specialist on asia, and particularly india. he can bring in the india perspective. role tos a significant play in afghanistan, and it has not been at the forefront of the u.s. strategy in that region over the last decade. kagan is best known for his work in iraq, although he and septra both been at rand corporation. today is ane here opportunity to remind ourselves what is at stake in afghanistan, and why the u.s. should care. the first question i was given was to ask what was at stake. but i want to put it in a much more pointed way. years, thest couple term war has become unpopular in washington. in fact, from the cia to the white house, it has been made very clear that we have been war for war on terror, and it was probably a mistake. i am conscious of the fact that every other day, i get another casualty report from the battlefield in afghanistan, where u.s. soldiers are still dying. as far as they know, they are

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seth jones worked with special operations command.e has a very close view of the military strategy. counterterrorism is one of his fields of expertise. you also have a specialist on asia, and particularly india. he can bring in the india perspective. india has a significant role to play in afghanistan, and it has not been at the forefront of the u.s. strategy in that region over the last decade. of course, dr. kagan is best known for his work in iraq, although he and septra both been at rand corporation. what you have here today is an opportunity to remind ourselves what is at stake in afghanistan, and why the u.s. should care. the first question i was given was to ask what was at stake. but i want to put it in a much more pointed way. over the last couple years, the term war has become unpopular in washington. in fact, from the cia to the white house, it has been made very clear that we have been using the term war for war on terror, and it was probably a mistake. i am conscious of the fact that every other day, i get another casualt

seth jones was worked with special operations command. he has a very close view of the military strategy, counterterrorism. you also have ashley tellis has been a specialist for years and particularly india. he can bring in the indian perspective here because as we had a brief conversation earlier, india has a significant role to play in afghanistan and it has really not been at the forefront of the u.s. strategy in that region over the last decade. and, of course, he is best known for his work in iraq both staff and doctor kagan have both been that rand corporation. you can read south in the near times but you can read one of his many books in the -- "in the graveyard of empires" and others. what you have here today is an opportunity to remind ourselves what's at stake in afghanistan and why the u.s. should care. the first question i was given was to ask what was at stake, but i want to put it in i think a much more pointed way. that is to say, over the last couple years, the term war has become unpopular in washington. in fact from the

seth jones back associate director of of the land corporation's international security defense policy center. dr. john specializes in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism with a particular focus on al qaeda. we also have mr. dan borelli chief operating officer of the soufan group a 20 year veteran of the the fbi of former special agent in charge of the joint terrorism task force in new york mr. borelli's work at the fbi include investigations and research related to al-shabaab including leading the investigation of al-shabaab's 2010 world cup bombing. mr. mohamed farah is the executive director of ka joog which means stay away a somali american youth organization working to counter the negative influences of groups like al-shabaab in somali communities in the united states. mr. farah has been on the frontlines of this community radicalization efforts him was given the fbi directors director's community leadership award in 2012. richard downie is the deputy director of the africa program at at the center first you teach and international studies. mr. downie analyzes emerging politica

seth jones back, assistant associate director at rand corporation's international security and defense policy center. dr. jones specializes in counter-incentury general skins and counterterrorism with a focus on al qaeda. we also have mr. don bow really, 25 years veteran of the fbi, former special agent in charge of the joint terrorism task force in new york, he lead the investigation of al-shabaab's 2010 world cup bombing. mr. mohammed fa a is the executivetive director of ka joog, which means stay away, working to count their negative influences of groups like al-shabaab in somali communities in the united states. mr. fa a has been on the front lines of his community's counter-radicalization efforts and was given the fbi director's community leadership award in 2012. richard downie is the deputy director of the africa program for the center for strategic and international studies. mr. downie analyzes emerging political, economic, social and security trends in africa, with a particular focus on sources of unstable on the subcontinent. without ox, the witnesses' full prepared statement