- description
- # To make this solution work
## Overview
This entity is a textual subsection extracted from a larger document, titled *"To make this solution work"*. It consists of lines 451–452 from a plain text file derived from a scanned PDF. The content is part of a speech delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton on November 29, 1999, addressing the ongoing controversy over U.S. Navy training operations on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The subsection was programmatically identified and segmented during document processing and is preserved within the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H).
## Context
The subsection is embedded within a larger segment titled [Addressing Concerns and Proposing Solutions](arke:01KG2TTKBHCM7JA8V9FVXM4G2B), which outlines President Clinton’s four-part plan to resolve tensions between national defense needs and community concerns in Vieques. This particular passage follows a policy announcement about land transfer and investment incentives, and precedes an appeal for public cooperation. It was extracted from a text file ([pdf-01KG2T4RBKQNQRCMSR037EDY5M.txt](arke:01KG2TSDH74M9V91ZF5BXGKK3C)) generated from a multi-page scanned document, originally assembled from 30 image files.
## Contents
This subsection contains a direct appeal from President Clinton for public support in implementing a compromise solution regarding military training on Vieques. He acknowledges long-standing community grievances, particularly the resurgence of trauma following a 1999 accident that killed civilian security guard David Sanes. The text recognizes historical failures in the military’s relationship with the island’s residents, stating, “We have not always been good neighbors on Vieques. We have not always done the right thing.” The passage emphasizes that while the proposed plan may not satisfy immediate demands, it offers a fair resolution by empowering local residents to determine the island’s future through a democratic decision-making process.
- description_generated_at
- 2026-01-28T17:38:29.140Z
- description_model
- Qwen/Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
- description_title
- To make this solution work
- end_line
- 452
- extracted_at
- 2026-01-28T17:36:27.671Z
- extracted_by
- structure-extraction-lambda
- start_line
- 451
- text
- To make this solution work, I need your help. I understand the long-held views people have on this issue. I understand that for many residents, the accident re-opened old wounds about the effect that training was having on quality of life. They reflect a distrust that, unfortunately has been building for decades. We have not always been good neighbors on Vieques. We have not always done the right thing. While this solution may not meet local needs as immediately as some people would like, I believe this plan will help resolve the impasse over Vieques. I believe it will do so in the fairest possible way, because it gives the people most affected by this decision the ability to choose for themselves what the future of their island will be.
- title
- To make this solution work