also, we will remember the man corporal, the corporal, the lance corporal, lance corporal robert richards, sapper jordan rosi, and fusilier suesue.] all of them have been killed in the service of their country, and we will not forget their sacrifice, and we must care for their families. i also join the prime minister in sending condolences to the family and friends of edwin dyer. this must simply be a terrific time for his family, and i am sure everyone in the country is thinking about it. we must never give into terrorists -- in to terrorists. this morning, the committee's secretary resigned from the cabinet. that follows yesterday's announcement that the children's minister is standing down. why does not the prime minister accept that his ability to command his cabinet has simply disappeared? >> i think the first thing that the whole house will want to do is to acknowledge the great work that is being done by both the home secretary and the committee's secretary in the cabinet. -- and the communities secretary in the cabinet. i think at a time like this, the house should come together t

we beeve, based on the turnover we have, our corps is bhi and large lance corporals. i mean, our average age is around 21, 67% of our marine corps is e-3 or below. we have a steady turnover of great young people that come in, become marines, and they go out to become quality citizens. so that turnover, though it requires a consistent training and preparing people for what they face, is also an advantage in terms of your sustainability over something of this duration. so we think that we'll be there for a while, we're going to be there as long as anybody else. if the fighting is to be done, when it becomes a nation building role, as it has, we believe in iraq, then that's not a core competency of the marine corps and at that point, we'd start saying, is there a better use for us elsewhere and our national command authorities would make that determination. >> as the u.s. military role in iraq winds down, what do you see as the key strategic role in the u.s.-kuwait relationship going forward? >> i think it's going to be important, what's going to have to be answered is h