ClearBridge American Energy MLP Fund Inc. (NYSE: CBA),
                 ClearBridge Energy MLP Fund Inc. (NYSE: CEM),
           ClearBridge Energy MLP Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMO),
           ClearBridge Energy MLP Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: CTR),
        Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc. (NYSE: BWG),
                 LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: SCD),
                   LMP Corporate Loan Fund Inc. (NYSE: TLI),
                 LMP Real Eastate Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: RIT),
                        Permal Hedge Strategies Fund I,
                        Permal Hedge Strategies Fund II,
                       Permal Hedge Strategies Portfolio,
           Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. (NYSE: ESD),
          Western Asset Emerging Markets Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMD),
   Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: GDO),
            Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: EHI),
          Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: GDF),
                Western Asset High Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: HIF),
              Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (NYSE: HIX),
          Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HIO),
      Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HYI),
             Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc. (NYSE: SBI),
   Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. (NYSE: IGI),
            Western Asset Managed High Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: MHY),
            Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. (NYSE: MMU),
                  Western Asset Middle Market Debt Fund Inc.,
                 Western Asset Middle Market Debt Income Inc.,
       Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: DMO),
      Western Asset Municipal Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. (NYSE: MTT),
           Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: MHF),
            Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund Inc. (NYSE: MNP),
        Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc. (NYSE: GFY), and
             Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: SBW),

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that Robert D. Agdern whose signature appears
below hereby makes, constitutes, and appoints each of Robert Frenkel, Thomas
Mandia, Kenneth D. Fuller, John Redding, Mitchell O'Brien and George Hoyt, as a
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of the undersigned with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned (both in the undersigned's individual capacity, as a member of any
limited liability company, as a partner of any partnership or as an officer of
any corporation for which the undersigned are otherwise authorized to sign), to
execute, deliver and file such forms, with all exhibits thereto, as may be
required to be filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission with respect to: (i) Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as applicable, including without limitation, Schedule
13D, Schedule 13G, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 relating to CBA, CEM,
EMO, CTR, BWG, SCD, TLI, RIT, Permal Hedge Strategies Fund I, Permal Hedge
Strategies Fund II, Permal Hedge Strategies Portfolio, ESD, EMD, GDO, EHI, GDF,
HIF, HIX, HIO, HYI, SBI, IGI, MHY, MMU, Western Asset Middle Market Debt Fund
Inc., Western Asset Middle Market Debt Income Inc., DMO, MTT, MHF, MNP, GFY, SBW
and any closed-ended fund management company advised by an affiliate of Legg
Mason, Inc. (each a "Fund", collectively the "Funds") and (ii) in connection
with any application for EDGAR access codes, including without limitation the
Form ID, related hereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, acting separately, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each of the lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents named herein may act separately.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herin, this Power of Attorney shall
not in any manner revoke, in whole or in part, any Power of Attorney previously
executed. This Power of Attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent Power of
Attorney executed in the future, unless such subsequent Power of Attorney
specifically refers to this Power of Attorney, or specifically states that the
instrument is intended to revoke this Power of Attorney, all prior general
Powers of Attorney or all prior Powers of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney may be revoked by written instrument executed the
principal and duly acknowledged. Whenever two or more Powers of Attorney are
valid at the same time, the agents appointed on each shall act separately,
unless otherwise specified in the documents. Any provision of this Power of
Attorney held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of the Power of
Attorney and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provisions so held to
the invalid or unenforceable.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the 20th day of
December, 2014.


/s/ Robert D. Agdern             Director/Trustee
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Robert D. Agdern