"Streamlining the logistics"

Another hot (pardon the pun) item of discussion on conservative talk radio today is the allegation that some of our soldiers in Afghanistan are being deprived of hot meals. I checked the rumor out with Snopes.com. It is true that at the U.S. bases in the Paktika province of Afghanistan hot breakfasts are being replaced with cold MREs. The reason given is that those bases are transitioning to Afghan control, and this change "streamlines the logistics" involved in shutting down the bases. The Defense Department denies the move was the result of budget cuts.