Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz Election Winner, Says U.S. Manas Base Needs To Close

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyzstan's president-elect said Tuesday that the U.S. air base needs to close by 2014 because its presence on Kyrgyz soil puts this former Soviet nation at risk of retaliatory strikes from those in conflict with the United States.