I hereby constitute and appoint each of Lisa G. Mrozek, Erin E. Nyhoff and Kevin
Ehrlich, signing singly, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on my behalf, with respect to any registered investment
company for which Western Asset Management Company [or Western Asset Management
Company Limited] serves as investment adviser within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (each a "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 ("Section 16") and/or Section 30(h) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules thereunder ("Section
30(h)");
(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 and/or Section 30(h).
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 May, 2007.