WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - The three countries US President George W Bush called an "axis of evil" in his first term are at the top of his foreign policy to-do list in the second, along with a revitalised Mideast peace process and continued efforts to repair European alliances frayed by the US-led invasion of Iraq.

Bush. will focus on the 'axis of evil' in his second term

War and reconstruction in Iraq are likely to continue to command more attention than any other international issues, at least for the first couple of years of Bush's new four-year term.

"The first priority has got to be getting Iraq right," said Max Boot, a conservative expert on national security at the Council on Foreign Relations.

But in the short run, the Bush administration also must juggle a complicated response to the devastation from the tsunamis across South Asia amid some complaints that the rich United States is not doing enough.

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