safely retrograding our personnel

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Rover_KE said:
At all costs, he needed to avoid implying 'retreated'.
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'retrograding personnel' is just military jargon for 'pulling out', which doesn't normally have the sense of retreating.
 
jutfrank said:
'retrograding personnel' is just military jargon for 'pulling out', which doesn't normally have the sense of retreating.
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However, Biden spoke to the public and he should have been more careful in adopting the jargon.
 
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