The United States maintains a key logistical military air base outside Bishkek to support NATO operations to fight insurgents in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Hailu says his Unity Party is the only opposition group with a near-nationwide support base.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

His base of support was in southern Kyrgyzstan, where local Uzbeks opposed him.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Mr.Netanyahu's base of support is among Israelis who fear that an independent Palestinian state might fall to radical Islamist rule and threaten the Jewish State - much like has happened in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09