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# First ## Overview This entity is a textual subsection extracted from a larger document, labeled "First" and spanning lines 511 to 512 of the source file. It is part of a structured segment of a speech delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton concerning U.S. Navy training operations on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The text outlines the first component of a four-part plan to phase out military activities on the island. ## Context The subsection is contained within the larger segment titled [Addressing Concerns and Proposing Solutions](arke:01KG2TTKBHCM7JA8V9FVXM4G2B), which forms part of [Vieques Remarks](arke:01KG2TSWADQKM6FJC6H5J03W80), a legal_document derived from a plain text file ([pdf-01KG2T4RBKQNQRCMSR037EDY5M.txt](arke:01KG2TSDH74M9V91ZF5BXGKK3C)). This text file was assembled from scanned images of the original document and is archived in the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H). The subsection follows the introduction of the plan and directly succeeds the passage titled [Starting today, things are going to be different](arke:01KG2TV576A5F9KC5V2EGT8WPN), indicating its role as the first enumerated action in the announced policy shift. ## Contents The subsection announces that President Clinton has ordered the Navy to cease all training on Vieques within five years. It emphasizes his personal responsibility for ensuring the timeline is met, the intention to transfer land ownership to Puerto Rico—starting with the western quarter of the island—and a directive to the Pentagon to develop and budget for alternative training sites. This measure represents the initial step in a broader effort to resolve longstanding tensions between national defense needs and the health, safety, and economic concerns of Vieques residents.

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First, I'm ordering the Navy to cease training on Vieques within five years. I have asked the Navy to come up with a specific timetable to phase out operations there, and I am taking personal responsibility to make sure that timeline is met. We intend to begin transferring title to land to Puerto Rico as soon as possible -- beginning with the western quarter of the island. I am also directing the Pentagon to give me alternatives to Vieques training next year and begin to budget for it.

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