- Continue training Iraqi security forces to double the current 98,000 by mid-2005.

- Continue six-party talks with North Korea but rule out direct bilateral negotiations.

- Support European efforts to get Iran to back away from developing nuclear weapons before bringing the matter to the U.N. Security Council.

TERRORISM:

- Create new office of national director of intelligence. Has submitted a plan to the U.S. Congress that would give the new director authority over much of the intelligence community but not the full budgetary powers sought by the independent Sept. 11 commission.

- Shift military forces from Cold War-era bases in Europe to outposts closer to countries on the frontline of the U.S.-led war on terror.

- Renew all provisions of the USA Patriot Act, some of which are set to expire in 2005.

- Increase the number of border-patrol agents and step up biometric identification - using machines that can read documents containing digital fingerprints or photos - at major border crossings.

TAXES AND JOB GROWTH:

- Has asked Congress to make permanent the tax cuts approved in 2001 and 2003, saying they will help create jobs.

- Set up $3,000 re-employment accounts to assist the unemployed in searching for jobs. The accounts would cover expenses such as transportation and child-care.

HEALTH CARE:

- Limit medical malpractice lawsuits, which some analysts say have spurred soaring health care costs.

- Establish health savings accounts system to help people pay for health insurance. The accounts would be funded by tax-free deductions from paychecks and businesses could deduct contributions from their taxes.

- Give tax credits to low-income workers who cannot afford health care.

EDUCATION:

- Move to require more standardized testing for high school students. Bush's "No Child Left Behind Act" ties federal funding for public schools to test scores.

SOCIAL SECURITY:

- Divert some Social Security taxes to private investment accounts for younger workers.

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT:

- Mandate greater automobile fuel efficiency, build a natural gas pipeline to Alaska and encourage the use of alternative fuels.

- Open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration.

- Build new nuclear power plants and allow storage of nuclear waste in Nevada's Yucca Mountain.

- Increase funding to develop "clean-coal" energy plants.