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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, Eric Hausner, George Hawley, Harold H.
Henderson, Natalie Maniaci, Sean Plater, Lazarus N. Sun, Vincent
Bencivenga, Scott Brody, Jon Darrow, Hilary Lord and Lewis
Schusterman 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 9th day of December, 2011.

/s/
Tad Rivelle
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