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- # At the request of Governor Rossello
## Overview
This entity is a textual subsection extracted from a larger document, titled *"At the request of Governor Rossello"*. It spans lines 497 to 506 of the source text and was created on January 28, 2026, through automated structure extraction. The content addresses U.S. federal policy regarding military training on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, and forms part of a speech delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton.
## Context
The subsection is embedded within a larger segment titled [Addressing Concerns and Proposing Solutions](arke:01KG2TTKBHCM7JA8V9FVXM4G2B), which itself is part of a legal document known as the [Vieques Remarks](arke:01KG2TSWADQKM6FJC6H5J03W80). It was extracted from a plain text file ([pdf-01KG2T4RBKQNQRCMSR037EDY5M.txt](arke:01KG2TSDH74M9V91ZF5BXGKK3C)) generated from a scanned PDF, and is archived within the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H). The passage directly follows a section justifying the Navy's historical use of Vieques and precedes the announcement of a new policy shift.
## Contents
This subsection describes President Clinton’s response to requests from Puerto Rican leaders, specifically Governor Pedro Rosselló and Resident Commissioner Carlos Romero-Barceló. It recounts how the President directed Defense Secretary William Cohen to convene a panel of distinguished citizens to develop a plan balancing national security needs with the concerns of Vieques residents. The panel concluded that the U.S. had “not always been good neighbors” on the island and recommended phasing out training on Vieques within five years and limiting bombing exercises to 130 days per year. This passage serves as a transitional justification for the policy changes announced immediately afterward.
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- At the request of Governor Rossello and Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo, I asked
Defense Secretary Cohen to convene a group of distinguished citizens to come up with a plan
that addresses the concerns of the people of Vieques while meeting the national security
needs of our nation. The Panel found that we have not always been good neighbors on
Vieques and recommended that we work toward replacing Vieques in five years and reduce
training involving bombing to 130 days a year.
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- At the request of Governor Rossello