Congressional pressure drives base amenity creep that officers privately oppose

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I’d love to do that, the major replied. Is it going to happen? “Sort of, kind of, not really … Do we need ice cream? Do we need cable TVs? Do we need high-speed Internet and all the crap? No,” he said. But there are senators and congressmen coming out and “visiting their constituents and they want to help.” Reynolds paused. “That’s probably all I’ll say on that.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 718

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• SEED: A ‘that’s probably all I’ll say on that’ quote is a great lede for an article on the politics of troop comfort.