Less than a month after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States ... This map is the most comprehensive depiction in civilian circles of U.S. military and government antiterrorist ...

These costs have heightened debate over whether the United States needs so many bases abroad: What effect do they have around the world ... little previous U.S. military presence.

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. The United States maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships throughout the region ...