One question often raised by critics is whether the Norwegian committee exceeds its mandate when it steps into a continuing political process.

However, the British exceeded their original mandate, and took full military action to finally defeat the rebels and restore order.

And you're right, I have exceeded my mandate.

But the team has exceeded its mandate.

They have challenged the investigation by the Whitewater independent counsel's office for months on the ground that it exceeded the special prosecutor's mandate.

But the Pentagon has rejected the report as exceeding its mandate.

France, the union's largest farming nation, said that the commission exceeded its mandate by offering to scrap all export subsidies.

The report caused a furor at the Pentagon, which denounced it as exceeding its mandate.

This process was not democratic either in principle or in practice, and it far exceeded its mandate.

You may think I exceed my mandate by speaking to you now.