In an exclusive interview with LIGNET.com, former Assistant Secretary of State Stephen Rademaker previews an important new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center on Iran, “Meeting the Challenge: Stopping the Clock” which calls for the United Staes to prepare more convincing military options to deal with the threat from the Iranian nuclear program. Rademaker, a member of rhe center’s Iran Task Force, noted that Iran is making steady progress toward producing a nuclear weapon through its uranium enrichment program and that there is bipartisan agreement on the need to significantly increase sanctions against Iran, especially against the Iranian central bank.