Introduction On the 10th of October 2007, Ms. Dana Perino held a press conference to answer questions from journalists especially concerning the president’s speech earlier in the day. The president had indicated that he was not in favor of the House of Representatives passing the Armenian Genocide Resolution. A press conferences Ms. Perino gave out first the schedule of the president’s activities that were to take place on 15th October, which she was supposed to have given them before. It was that the president was to be in Rodgers, Arkansas for pro-economic activities. After the briefing journalists were allowed to ask questions. Only a single question touched on the president’s activities of the 15th of October. Most of the rest of the questions were directed towards the earlier speech given by the president concerning the bill that was passed on that day concerning the Armenian Genocide. The journalists wanted a clarification from the secretary of the press to know exactly the position of the president on identifying the historic killing of the Armenians in 1915 as genocide or not. To the journalists, the president did not consider the bill of the Armenian Genocide Resolution to be the right response to the historic mass killings and exiling of many of the many Armenians. According to the president, Ms. Perino said that the commemoration of the yearly remembrance of the mass killings was a better solution in handling the situation rather than having to pass a resolution by the House of Representatives. To the president, it was not fair to pass the resolution bill because the Turkish government over a long period they had never wanted the resolution bill to be passed by the House of Representatives. Since the Turkish government has been an ally of the US government in NATO and the fight against terror, passing such a bill will imply losing the best ally. According to the media outlets, the Turkish government has never wanted to refer to the historic killings as genocides, and since the president does not want the bill to be passed, it is an indication that he is also not ready to admit that the killings were genocide. The journalists wanted to exactly know how the Turkish government understands or takes the term genocide to mean. But the secretary of the press refused to answer the question referring it to be asked to the Turkish government itself. The president had been quoted giving the first lady thumbs up for her participation and echoing for various programs to see the change in the life of the oppressed, such as those in Burma and Africa. This, therefore, raised the question that if the first lady is capable of standing and speaking against such evils, why shouldn’t the American government also speak of the historic killings as being genocide? Furthermore, the House of Representatives wants to go on record as having identified the killings as a genocide act, but only the president was against it. On this issue, the secretary answers by saying that the government has spoken against the killing of the monks that is taking place in Burma. But this seems not to give a conclusive answer to the journalists as they claim that the monk killing in Burma cannot be compared to the Armenian killings. To defend the state, the secretary talks of the speech that the president has been giving (on the 24th of February each year) about the Armenian’s feelings, but it seems there is a contradiction and the state is unable to decide. The statement of Ms. Parino indicates this, she says