Two items on a progressive wish list can be checked off. The first one was a promise to President Obama: Israel is now out of Gaza. The second was a commitment from Obama: the administration has filed a legal motion halting military commissions at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days. That’s a first step to shutting the commissions down as new defense and legal officials conduct their promised review. And it’s also a step to shutting Guantanamo down, an oft-repeated promise of Obama’s.

Crossposted to The Streak.