I've never heard the term narcissistic perversion before. The most severe form of narcissism I know of is Malignant Narcissism. For the sake of this question, I'll base my answer on how one deals with a Malignant Narcissist.
60 Minutes/Vanity Fair: Bad Habits. Bob Gates, America's Secretary Of War. Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense for both Presidents Bush and Obama is the man in charge of winding down the war in Iraq and building up the war in Afghanistan. 60 Minutes and correspondent Katie Couric flew with him to Afghanistan just over a week ago.
Report Abuse. The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy and policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern to the DoD, and for the execution of approved policy.ecretaries of Defense have multiple duties related to the defense of our nation. If you want specific details, go to the whitehouse.gov website and locate either the name or picture of our current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.