{"id":"01KJVD4VQ61BDYV8Q703D6WM3S","cid":"bafkreihfospbkkctixp4vrj26tvybt45tlephhznraizwepieqirxtfaqu","type":"file","properties":{"content":{"v1":{"cid":"bafkreib4p3jmp4vsfu7wkmexuadl7rat2sptrss4aspf5b5q6qt5ilujje","content_type":"image/jpeg","size":1344261,"uploaded_at":"2026-03-04T03:09:32.072Z"}},"filename":"page-9.jpg","height":3299,"label":"Page 9","mime_type":"image/jpeg","ocr_images_extracted":0,"ocr_model":"mistral-ocr-latest","ocr_source_file_key":"v1","page_number":9,"source_entity_id":"01KJVD4CMWXFSSF1SEJA47QHBW","text":"[#364-5790]\nfax at home → fax to Podesta at home\n1/29/00 3:00 p.m.\nOrzulak\n\n# PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON\n## VIDEO REMARKS TO THE\n## PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO\n## CONCERNING NAVY TRAINING ON VIEQUES\n## JANUARY 31, 2000\n\nMy fellow citizens: last April, there was a tragic accident at the Navy range on Vieques. I mourned the loss to the family of David Sanes (SAN-ness), and the suffering of the others injured that day.\n\nThat terrible accident focused attention on the longstanding concerns of the island about training operations there. For many residents, it re-opened old wounds about the effect that training was having on quality of life. These concerns cover a wide range of issues – from safety and health to the economy and the environment. They reflect a distrust that, unfortunately, has been building for decades.\n\nThe accident led to a strong view in the Commonwealth that the Navy should end its training operations in Vieques. I understand that view.\n\nAt the same time, as Commander in Chief, I cannot send our servicemen and women into harm's way if they have not been adequately trained. I know that Puerto Rico understands that as well as anybody. Puerto Rico has a proud heritage of sending its sons and daughters to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. You have never turned your back on your duty to share in the burden of defending our country. Some of you have even trained on Vieques.\n\nSince 1941, every action that our Atlantic fleet has been involved in started with Vieques training. It's no accident that our nation lost no pilots in Kosovo. The training they received 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 no comparable alternative.\n\nAt the request of Governor Rosello and Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcello, last year I asked Defense Secretary Cohen to convene a panel and come up with recommendations for the future of Vieques. That panel found that we have not always been good neighbors on Vieques and recommended that we work toward replacing the island as a training site.\n\nOne voice that has not been heard from completely in this process are the people most directly affected by this decision – the people of Vieques itself. That changes right now.\n\nToday, I am announcing a course of action that will resolve the impasse over Vieques. This course of action will not come from the top-down, but from the bottom-up. Ultimately, it will be for you to decide for yourselves the course of action to take.\n\nBy the first day of March in 2002, Vieques will hold a vote. In that vote, you will be presented with one of two alternatives. If you choose one alternative, the Navy will cease all training on Vieques by May 1, 2003. If you choose the other, training will continue on Vieques, including\n\n> → must ensure our service being made\n> → just very best training possible\n> → south like - then we no alternative Sikes that give training comparable to Vieques\n> → this is the path to only give right to people of Vieques, or right to determine while in the interior we are not","text_extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:09:42.963Z","text_source":"ocr","width":2560},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KJVD4CMWXFSSF1SEJA47QHBW","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KJVCX121N35Z2THGG0CJV1RP","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KJVCYPPS2BAY53MABTTNXMME","peer_label":"president william jefferson clinton","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYTEG77M25HR7S2BKBGW6","peer_label":"people of puerto rico","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"demographic_group","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYV4AJGPJGA7S0A66TPC1","peer_label":"puerto rico","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"place","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYVE6VVFYDMF2EEBCVV0Q","peer_label":"navy","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"military_branch","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYVJ61QMSY5Y59SEZHFGY","peer_label":"vieques","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"place","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYQ9Q964SX77Q9QME1VSR","peer_label":"david sanes","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYQBV7H2EXFFJ4V15G9Y2","peer_label":"armed forces of the united states","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"military_organization","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYTG2D2AM9SS7DS5DEJCV","peer_label":"navy training on vieques","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"military_activity","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYVRX907937GB6QGTZKYP","peer_label":"atlantic fleet","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"military_unit","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYVWVCSRXW2MKDFJW89M1","peer_label":"kosovo","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"place","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYVTRCA5FMQ2CE4PQS7YX","peer_label":"governor rosello","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYSEFW1VKTRYXT0P1D7ZB","peer_label":"defense secretary cohen","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVCYW0425FQ9T2CY0FE47JB","peer_label":"resident commissioner romero-barcello","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"person","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVD67PQSJ8YZVMSWH7JAAS3","peer_label":"january 31 2000","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"date","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVD67QEFSRKKS68SX5BYWH5","peer_label":"tragic accident vieques april 1999","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"event","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVD67R6JEJ44PCFSYJRTNP3","peer_label":"panel on vieques","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"committee","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVD67PWZZHCAPF7XDRJ4WRN","peer_label":"video remarks to the people of puerto rico","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"speech","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVD67TJ9YZ7X4FWH2F0QAW2","peer_label":"vieques vote 2002","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"referendum","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVD67TMHT5CA092NBQ9D863","peer_label":"alternative 1 vieques vote","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"policy_option","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}},{"peer":"01KJVD688B7HD0ZNQXAHWDT3VA","peer_label":"alternative 2 vieques vote","predicate":"extracted_entity","properties":{"entity_type":"policy_option","extracted_at":"2026-03-04T03:10:17.108Z"}}],"ver":4,"created_at":"2026-03-04T03:09:30.214Z","ts":"2026-03-04T03:10:18.026Z","edited_by":{"method":"system","user_id":"01KJ60XQBHJ0GBGTP9X8HXAPPM"}}