Bush did not use the word terrorism in his inaugural address in January, and officials have stressed the importance of "soft power" such as development aid or relief assistance as a component of the anti-terror drive.
"I think there is a tendency in Europe to say the United States is simplistic about this. It doesn't take into account the many other things the president has done," a senior US official said. "There is clearly an obligation on the part of the US government to be talking to European publics, to be trying to convey a better understanding, a better perception, of the way we are approaching these things."
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