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- # Vieques Vote Decision
## Overview
The **Vieques Vote Decision** (arke:01KG2TTKDGSYA6JQ2AFFNBHRMF) is a text segment extracted from a legal document titled *Vieques Remarks* (arke:01KG2TSWADQKM6FJC6H5J03W80). It was created on January 28, 2026, as part of a structured extraction process from the source file *pdf-01KG2T4RBKQNQRCMSR037EDY5M.txt* (arke:01KG2TSDH74M9V91ZF5BXGKK3C). The segment spans lines 194 to 204 of the original document and outlines a proposed referendum for the residents of Vieques, Puerto Rico, to determine the future of U.S. Navy training operations on the island.
## Context
This segment is part of a larger document containing video remarks delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton on November 29, 1999, concerning Navy training activities on Vieques. The document, organized into thematic segments, addresses the political, environmental, and social tensions surrounding military exercises on the island following a fatal accident in 1999. The *Vieques Vote Decision* segment directly follows an introduction and precedes a section on training limitations, forming a key part of the administration’s announced plan to resolve the impasse through democratic local input.
## Contents
The segment details a two-option referendum to be held by March 2002—potentially as early as November 2001—where the people of Vieques would decide the island’s future with regard to U.S. Navy operations. Option one would require the Navy to cease all training and withdraw by May 1, 2003. Option two would allow training to continue under terms to be disclosed at least three months before the vote. The text emphasizes that this approach empowers the residents of Vieques—the population most affected—to determine their own future, framing the vote as a fair and democratic resolution to the ongoing conflict.
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- No later than
By the first day of March in 2002 – and perhaps as early as this November – the people of
Vieques will vote. In that vote, the people of Vieques will be asked to choose between two
alternatives. If they choose the first alternative, the Navy will cease all training on Vieques and
leave the island by May 1, 2003. If they choose the other alternative, training will continue on
Vieques on terms that will be presented at least three months before the vote.
I believe this is the best way to resolve the impasse over Vieques, because it gives the people
most affected by this decision – the people who actually live on the island – the right to
determine for themselves which course of action we should take.
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- Vieques Vote Decision