Obama Slips Up With 57 State Claim

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has made an embarrassing gaffe, declaring he has visited 57 US states in his campaign to become the Democratic nominee. The Illinois senator made the blunder, reminiscent of George Bush's infamous slip-ups, during Friday's speech in Beaverton, Oregon."It is just wonderful to be back in Oregon and over the last 15 months we have travelled to every corner of the United States — I have now been in 57 states," Obama said. "I think one left to go… Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."