and i know it. >> reporter: words of gratitude i hear often from my ganny. is our rock and the glue that holds us together. we all call her -- >> the enforcer. >> why do you think we call you the enforcer? >> because i enforce. if you do something bad, i point it out to you. >> that's true. i can account to that. >> yep. and i stood up for you when you stuck your tongue out at all the press. >> because you've been wanting to do that for years. >> every american has. >> reporter: and that is my ganny. fiercely loyal, funny, endearingly outspoken. above all, she has taught us about eternal, unconditional love. her own love story began when she was just 16 and she met my grandfather at a school dance. >> i could hardly breathe, i thought he was so beautiful. >> reporter: she's been devoted to my grandfather and by his side through it all. so when you think about 90 years, ganny -- >> whoo. >> -- long time. >> i don't really think -- i can't believe it. >> what do you feel like have been the biggest blessings? >> you know who i think is my biggest blessing. thin

my own view is we've had considerable success in afghanistan, just speaking to president ganni yesterday morning he was reporting the results of the campaign there. again, the afghan security forces which we are enabling which we trained and ee equipped and enabling, the national unity government of president ganni and ceo abdullah which is a multi-sectarian government holding together. this in afghanistan, which i think if you go back 15 years would say a very unlikely place for that to be done. so now -- so we have assisted and enabled that. our people are very good at that. we're not at that stage yet in iraq, but when we get to that stage i think that we will participate in an international effort to help these places that are tragically demolished to rebuild themselves and govern themselves. >> so 15 years in afghanistan to get to a successful example of building governance in this region and including the packet that we've been in iraq in one form or another since 2003, invested tens of billions of dollars to assist in building governance, trained and equipped an army that melted i

. >> words of gratitude i hear often from my ganny.ssing their family. she is our rock and the glue that holds us together. we all call her -- >> the enforcer. >> why do you think we call you the enforcer? >> because i enforce. if you do something bad i point it out to you. >> i can account on that. >> i understood up for you when you stuck your tongue out at all the press. >> because you've been wanting to do that for years. >> every american has. >> and that is my ganny. above all, she has taught us about eternal, unconditional love. her own love story began when she was just 16. >> i could hardly breathe i thought he was so beautiful. >> then on their first date, my grandfather borrowed a car. >> he told me later he got it because it had a radio and i was afraid we'd have nothing to say to each other. and he tells the world now i've not stopped talking in 75 years. >> on a visit to maine to see my grandfather, they say they knew it would be forever. >> i was 16 when i came up here to visit. a nervous wreck. we'd sit out here. >> and

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