the san carlos apaches say they have not given up yet. they organised a 2-day protest drawing attention to their cause. walking along the highway from the reservation to oak flat. >> we are not going to vacate the area. we are going to stand here. we'll face congress and tell them our demands, to keep what is sacred and whole. >> the san carlos apaches are not alone. environmental groups and 500 other scribes voiced their opposition on the mine. up the road resolution copper completed work on a new exploratory shaft. it will be used to gather information in anticipation of the day the land will be theirs. >>> "america tonight"s adam may here. how did this get into the defense bill. >> this is an interesting question. we reached out to arizona's delegation, led in the senate by john mccain, and an-kilpatrick. senator mccain would not speak on camera, but spoke about why the mines is good. representative patrick would not return calls, emails, tweets - silence on them. >> and senator mccain has interest in defence. >> he's against hiding st

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