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BAW: Powell, Paige departures will leave outreach void, observers say: "Powell was said to favor exhausting diplomatic channels to build international support for a war. Bush instead took the advice of the hawks in his administration and launched an offensive unpopular among some the United States -- traditionally staunchest allies, but not without first dispatching Powell to the UN to give an unconvincing presentation of Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons caches."