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Full transcript of the year-end CBS News correspondents roundtable that airs on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

The facility will include a first-ever innovation center, where people without security clearances can work alongside NGA staff on problems or issues the agency regularly grapples with.

The new western headquarters for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in St. Louis will mainly deal with mapping and satellite imagery.

The past few years have been hard on the U.S. Navy. The never-ending “Fat Leonard” influence-peddling scandal,

For more than two years, the shift to private management has been snared in legal fights.

U.S. European Command should be designated lead combatant command for the Arctic to better facilitate coordination and cooperation between combatant commands and with key U.S. allies. Web Summary:  

The creation of the Department of Homeland Security and theNorthern Command did not hinder response during Hurricane Katrina,but better coordination was clearly needed. The Defense Departmentshould use the Quadrennial Defense Review to determine the rightforce size for catastrophic disasters and should restructure theNational Guard so it can provide effective catastrophe support.

To prosecute the global war on terrorism effectively, the UnitedStates will need unprecedented integration of its military,intelligence, law enforcement, diplomatic, and other nationalsecurity instruments. The Pentagon's worldwide command networkshould be replaced by a combination of military and interagencycommands designed for the challenges of the future, not theproblems of the past.

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of fresh shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, just two days after the plant was cut off from Ukraines electricity, causing a huge power outage and prompting international fears of a radiation disaster before backup diesel generators kicked in.

The Pentagon has expanded its use of maritime shipping to deliver weapons for the war in Ukraine, U.S. defense officials said, after relying heavily on aircraft early in Russias invasion to get arms to Kyiv as quickly as possible.