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- # Since 1941, every action
## Overview
This entity is a textual subsection extracted from a larger document, identified by the title "Since 1941, every action." It consists of six lines of text (lines 490–496) from a transcript of a speech delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton on November 29, 1999, concerning U.S. Navy training operations on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The content emphasizes the strategic importance of Vieques for military readiness and the challenges of balancing national security with local concerns.
## Context
The subsection is part of a larger segment titled [Addressing Concerns and Proposing Solutions](arke:01KG2TTKBHCM7JA8V9FVXM4G2B), which forms a key section of [Vieques Remarks](arke:01KG2TSWADQKM6FJC6H5J03W80), a formal statement by President Clinton. It was extracted from a plain-text file ([pdf-01KG2T4RBKQNQRCMSR037EDY5M.txt](arke:01KG2TSDH74M9V91ZF5BXGKK3C)) generated from a scanned document and is included in the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H). The subsection follows a passage in which the President affirms his duty as Commander-in-Chief to ensure adequate military training, and precedes a discussion of a policy review initiated at the request of Puerto Rican leaders.
## Contents
This passage asserts that since 1941, all Atlantic Fleet military actions have been preceded by training on Vieques, underscoring the site’s critical role in combat preparedness. It credits the training received there with contributing to the zero pilot loss rate during the Kosovo conflict. The text acknowledges the lack of a comparable alternative training site and frames the continued use of Vieques as a necessary, though temporary, component of national defense. As both President and Commander-in-Chief, Clinton expresses the urgency of resolving the issue while recognizing that an immediate end to training is not feasible, setting the stage for a proposed five-year transition plan.
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- Since 1941, every action that our Atlantic fleet has been involved in started in Vieques first.
It's no accident that our nation lost no pilots in Kosovo. The training they received there
helped save lives. The reason this is such a difficult issue is because right now, some of this
training can only be done on Vieques. There is now comparable alternative. As President,
while I want to fix this problem as quickly as possible, as Commander-in-Chief I recognize
that we can't fix the problem overnight.
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- Since 1941, every action