As NSA director, he sometimes dropped in on CIA station chiefs in embassies overseas but without the usual retinue of aides.
As time went by, he accumulated friends: along with his astute and faithful dog, Snowy, his retinue included cantankerous sailor Captain Haddock and eccentric egghead Professor.
It was an entire year after the discovery when he and his retinue arrived in a caravan of 400 automobiles at the pumping station of Ras Tanura to witness the first tanker hauling .
Macon man getting home renovation from HGTV star Steve Bell could have chosen to surround his house with a moat or have a retinue of guards protect his College Street home for a week.
Nov. 18, 2013 - Macon Telegraph
David Miliband in The Australian Commenting on the sanctions efforts, British foreign minister David Miliband told Channel Four news: "We're working very hard because I think it's vital that President Mugabe and his retinue of elite people who are keeping him going feel the pain...
Sen Mike Gravel in AFP You know, we don't travel around with a retinue of media in a private jet,said Mike Gravel, a rank outsider for the Democratic nomination who has raised just 239,000 dollars overall.
Lynda La Plante in BBC News La Plante said she found the BBC's drama department "very depressing", as she had meet a "retinue of people" to get to drama controller Ben Stephenson.