military headquarters in kabul and at the white house to distort statistics to make it appear the united states was winning the war when that was not the case. nbc news has not independently verified the documents and interview notes as obtained by the washington post. the military times asked leaders about this report. army command sergeant major john troksle, the very enlisted adviser to chairman of the joint chiefs of staff army general said he didn t reed ready the washington post s afghanistan papers story. he disagreed with assertions that either the troops or public has been manipulated into believing a certain narrative about the war. i ve been to afghanistan ten times in the last four years in this job, and i feel that we ve never been lied to and we are continuing to move forward, he said. back with us again tonight, retired four-star u.s. army