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- # Vote over next 18 months
## Overview
This entity is a text segment extracted from a legal document titled *Vieques Remarks*, created on January 28, 2026. It spans lines 624 to 632 of the source file and is labeled "Vote over next 18 months." The segment discusses a planned referendum on U.S. Navy training activities on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, to be held over an 18-month period beginning in March 2001.
## Context
The segment is part of [Vieques Remarks](arke:01KG2TSWADQKM6FJC6H5J03W80), a document containing video remarks delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton on November 29, 1999, addressing Navy training on Vieques. It was extracted from a plain text version of a PDF file ([pdf-01KG2T4RBKQNQRCMSR037EDY5M.txt](arke:01KG2TSDH74M9V91ZF5BXGKK3C)) and is included in the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H). This segment follows [Order to Cease Training](arke:01KG2TTKBJE994SBDNY7MFHNNC) and precedes a directive limiting training to inert ordnance, forming part of a structured sequence of presidential actions.
## Contents
The segment announces a vote to be held over the next 18 months, beginning in March 2001, to determine the future of Navy training on Vieques. It references the western quarter of the island and states that the Pentagon has been directed to develop alternatives to Vieques for military training and to begin budgeting for such alternatives. This action reflects a broader effort to resolve tensions over military use of the island following a fatal accident in 1999, balancing national defense needs with local environmental and community concerns.
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- Vote over next 18 months –
March 2001
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the western quarter of the island. I am also directing the Pentagon to give me alternatives to
Vieques training and begin to budget for it.
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- Vote over next 18 months