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EXECUTION COPY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc.

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Michael E. Cahill, Linda D. Barker, George Hawley,
Harold H. Henderson, Philip K. Holl, Natalie Maniaci,
Jennifer Pierce, Sean Plater, Michael R. Quinn and
Lazarus N. Sun, and each of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them
with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
reports and forms required under Section 16 of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including but not limited to all Form 3, Form 4 and
Form 5 filings, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"),
granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate
to be done with respect to such reports and forms or
any amendments or supplements thereto in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that any of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

This Power of Attorney may be terminated at any time
by the undersigned by written notice to each of the
attorneys-in-fact and the Commission; provided,
however, that such termination shall not affect the
validity of any lawful action done or performed by
the attorneys-in-fact or any of them, pursuant
thereto, prior to the actual receipt of notice by the
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney this 26th day of March, 2010.

                                    /s/
                                    Laird Landmann
TCW060470.1

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