Mr. Steele is among the hundreds of Democratic and Republican campaign aides stationed in Iowa responsible for building — and sustaining — those networks throughout the state's 99 counties.
I was tweeting to all the government handles, presidential aides, TV stations.
US officials have also sought custody of the aide, the television station reported.
"Then I heard a loud gunshot," the unidentified aide told radio station DZMM.
The panel represented a broad spectrum: in addition to Mr. D'Angelo, Dr. Forrester, Mr. Moyette and Mr. Goodwin, there were a health care aide, a transit station agent, a forklift operator, a child welfare worker, a Web site designer, two teachers and a college administrator.
They are cashiers, domestic workers, food preparers, home health care aides, cooks, service station attendants, customer service reps and tellers.
His first post was as aide to the commander of the Naval Air Station Ottumwa in Iowa.
The American ambassador, Ms. Patterson, was criticized by one of General Musharraf's aides for visiting a television station, Geo TV, and urging the government to allow broadcasts by independently owned stations that were still closed as part of the government crackdown.
Mr. Obama also is calling into a black radio station in New Orleans, aides said, amplifying the warning for any remaining residents to follow the evacuation order and leave the city.
The station said that aides to Mr. Specter, who sits on a handful of committees concerned with domestic security, sought to have a Transportation Security Administration worker at the airport secure Mr. Specter's ticket before he arrived, skirting a rule that air travelers present their own identification.
