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friday a hearing on marine corps readiness and modernization efforts. a house armed services subcommittee hears from the deputy commandant lieutenant general gary thomas. live 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. and later representatives from indigenous and tribal groups gather in washington, d.c. for a rally in response to the dakota access pipeline and the excel peepline project. that's live also on c-span 2. your documentary has been selected as this year's grand prize winner. >> oh! >> seventh and ninth grade sisters ava and mia lazar of blacksburg, virginia, this year's grand prize winners of our student cam video documentary competition. their winning documentary is titled "the tempest tossed,"

which explores refugees and immigration policy. >> a refugee is defined as someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence and cannot return safely. >> with so many people fleeing their countries, desperate, without a home, politicians and institutes today are arguing over one urgent question. should the united states let more refugees into the country? >> reporter: as our grand prize winners they win the $5,000 prize. this year we asked middle and high school students to produce documentaries telling us what is the most urgent issue for the new president and congress to address in 2017? >> students competed for the chance to win 1 of 150 prizes, totaling $100,000 in prize money. we received almost 3,000 entries from 46 states, plus the district of columbia, england, germany, singapore, and taiwan. and now we're happy to announce our first place winners. in the middle school category, the first prize winners are

eighth-graders molly dougherty, camdyn lewis, and ava decker from west scranton intermediate school in scranton, pennsylvania for their documentary "u.s. gun violence: a complicated puzzle." the first-place winner for the high school east category is 11th-grader matthew gannon from gonzaga college high school in washington, d.c. for his documentary titled "invisible," which deals with homelessness. matthew also won this year's fan favorite contest. he'll receive an additional $500. in the high school central category our winner is 12th-grader jared clark from royal oak high school in royal oak, michigan for his piece "enough is enough," dealing with pharmaceutical pricing. and our student cam first prize winner for the high school west category, is ninth-grader arundathi nair from laramie high school in laramie, wyoming for her piece "fossil fuels to renewables: the challenges of transitioning." congratulations to our winners. thank you to all the students

and their teachers for competing and making this year's student cam competition a success. the top 21 winning entries will air on c-span in april. and you can watch all 150 winning documentaries online at studentcam.org. now a panel on u.s. strategy in afghanistan. military and policy analysts discuss the conflict between afghan forces and the taliban at an event hosted by the center for a new american security. it's 90 minutes. welcome, everybody. good afternoon. i'm michelle. i'm the co-found sxwrer ceo for the center for new american security, c dmch23467 cnas. we're delighted you could join