The commission, headed by a former judge, will begin work immediately with a broad mandate, the government said.

Members of the panels said they had more time and a broader mandate than the Tower panel.

As it turned out, he gave them a much broader mandate than singing the Depression blues.

Yet in a sense he now has a broader mandate than past Communist leaders who claimed 99.9 percent support.

None, though, has won both a majority personal endorsement and simultaneously a broad mandate from the states.

The board is given a broad mandate to set policies on how the bailout will be run.

The broad mandate of the subcommittee allowed it to investigate almost any subject.

Although analysts have a broader mandate these days, they are making less money.

My third point is that the Convention has been given the broad mandate we wanted it to have.

I have supported the consensus reached to give the Commission a broad mandate to move forward.