Alicia Summers of El Mirage, Arizona, agrees that the vice presidential candidate and her family deserve scrutiny.

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At the nearby El Mirage Lake dry lake bed, the solar-powered Lightning Motorcycle set a new speed record for production motorcycles.

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Her father, Mahmoud el-Gammal, is a real-estate developer who, in partnership with MGM Mirage, is building a huge golf course and residential and hotel complex called New Giza, with views of the Pyramids.

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