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Perl-Matanzo has been circulating a petition to end the Navy presence which currently has the signatures of over 300 students and 44 Harvard faculty, including names as prominent as Frankfurter Professor Law Alan M. Dershowitz and Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith.
The petition's supporters also point to environmental and health concerns
But professors who signed Perl-Matanzo's petition disagree, wondering why the Navy couldn't use another spot for training.
On the other side, signers of the Harvard petition call for immediate withdrawal, claiming that the Navy has broken promises before, including its MOU pledges to reduce the amount of bombing and to clean up bombed sites. The Navy, though, says it has kept these promises.
By signing Perl-Matanzo's petition, Harvard professors join numerous public figures in calling for the Navy's withdrawal from Vieques, including First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.