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- An island that has served as a primary training ground for the U.S. Atlantic fleet since 1941, now the subject of a policy to cease military activities.
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- people of Vieques decide differently
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- is_also_known_asLa Isla Nena
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- "La Isla Nena" is presented as an alternative or local name for the island of Vieques, as indicated by the reference to its residents.
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- residents of La Isla Nena (la EES-la NEN-ya)
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- President Clinton announced that the island of Vieques would hold a vote by March 2002, or potentially earlier, to decide on the future of Navy training.
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- Vieques will hold a vote. In that vote, they will be asked to choose between one of two alternatives.
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- Since 1941, every action that our Atlantic fleet has been involved in started in Vieques first
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- our nation lost no pilots in Kosovo. The training they received there helped save lives
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- recommended that we work toward replacing Vieques in five years
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- concerning Navy training on Vieques.
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- Navy range on Vieques. Hillary and I were greatly saddened by the loss to the family of David Sanes (SAN- ness), and the suffering of the others injured that day. We remembered them in our prayers on Thanksgiving. That terrible accident focused attention on the longstanding concerns of residents of the island about training operations there
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- 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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- Some of you have even trained on Vieques
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- naval training on Vieques provides a
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- By the first day of March in 2002, Vieques will hold a vote
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- recommended that we work toward replacing Vieques in five years
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- The training received in Vieques was credited with saving the lives of pilots involved in operations in Kosovo.
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- The training they received there helped save lives.
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