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SCHEDULE 13D
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Exhibit 2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Gwenn L. Carr the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in
the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
amendments to a Schedule 13D with regard to the MetLife, Inc. Board of
Directors' ownership of securities of MetLife, Inc. ("Schedule 13D"), and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents related thereto, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact or her substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. The authority of Gwenn L. Carr under this Power of
Attorney shall continue until the Board of Directors is no longer required to
file amendments to the Schedule 13D, unless earlier revoked in writing by the
undersigned.
Dated: August 15, 2000
/s/ Robert H. Benmosche
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Robert H. Benmosche
/s/ Curtis H. Barnette
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Curtis H. Barnette
/s/ Gerald Clark
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Gerald Clark
/s/ Joan Ganz Cooney
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Joan Ganz Cooney
/s/ Burton A. Dole, Jr.
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Burton A. Dole, Jr.
/s/ James R. Houghton
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James R. Houghton
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SCHEDULE 13D
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/s/ Harry P. Kamen
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Harry P. Kamen
/s/ Helene L. Kaplan
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Helene L. Kaplan
/s/ Charles M. Leighton
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Charles M. Leighton
/s/ Allen E. Murray
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Allen E. Murray
/s/ Stewart G. Nagler
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Stewart G. Nagler
/s/ John J. Phelan, Jr.
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John J. Phelan, Jr.
/s/ Hugh B. Price
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Hugh B. Price
/s/ Ruth J. Simmons
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Ruth J. Simmons
/s/ William C. Steere, Jr.
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William C. Steere, Jr.
