LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

I hereby
constitute and appoint each of Ilene S. Harker, Lisa G. Mrozek and James W.
Hirschmann III, 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 an 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 attorney-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 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 21st day of
July, 2003



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