POWER OF ATTORNEY
      I hereby constitute and appoint each of Gregory B. McShea,
Anne S. Kochevar, Lisa G. Mrozek and Randolph L. Kohn, signing
singly, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as a trustee of
Western Asset/Claymore U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected
Securities Fund 2, a Massachusetts business trust (the Fund),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf that may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form
3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be to my benefit, in my best interest, or that I am
legally required to do, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
      I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution, resubstitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Fund
assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder.
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to my holdings of and transactions in Fund
securities, unless I earlier revoke it in a signed writing
delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this    day of February, 2004.

Erin K. Morris
      Signature


Erin K. Morris
      Print Name

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