Mozilo Angelo R – ‘3’ for 1/31/06 re: Home Depot Inc. – ‘EX-24.3_121319’

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Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider   —   Form 3   —   SEA’34
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 1: 3           Form 3 Submission -- doc3.xml/2.2                   HTML      4K 
 2: EX-24.3_121319  POA Document                                       2±    10K 

‘EX-24.3_121319’   —   POA Document

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR                                                 
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS                                                

The                                                                             
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Frank L.                    
Fernandez,                                                                      
Jonathan M. Gottsegen and Rita L. Fadell, the undersigned's                     
true and lawful                                                                 
attorney-in-fact to:                                                            

(1)     execute for and on behalf                                               
of the undersigned,                                                             
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or                                  
director of The Home Depot,                                                     
Inc. (the "Company"), reports on Form 3, Form                                   
4 and Form 5 in accordance                                                      
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange                                   
Act of 1934 and the rules                                                       
thereunder;                                                                     

(2)     do and perform any and                                                  
all acts for and on behalf of                                                   
the undersigned which may be necessary or                                       
desirable to complete and execute                                               
any such report on Form 3, Form 4 or                                            
Form 5, complete and execute any                                                
amendment or amendments thereto, and                                            
timely file such form with the                                                  
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 either such                                                          
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the                                  
best interest of, or legally                                                    
required by, the undersigned, it being                                          
understood that the documents                                                   
executed by each such attorney-in-fact on                                       
behalf of the undersigned                                                       
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in                                  
such form and shall contain                                                     
such terms and conditions as each such                                          
attorney-in-fact may approve in each                                            
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.                                             

The undersigned hereby grants 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 the undersigned might or could do if                                
personally present, with                                                        
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby                                
ratifying and confirming                                                        
all that each such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully                              
do or cause to be done                                                          
by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights                              
and powers herein                                                               
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing                       

attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the            

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the          

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or liabilities that may          

arise under, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.                 

This                                                                            
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the               

undersigned is no longer required to file reports on Form 3, Form 4 and         

Form 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in        

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the                 
undersigned                                                                     
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing                                  
attorneys-in-fact.                                                              

IN                                                                              
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused                                     
this Power of Attorney to be                                                    
executed as of this 8th day of February,                                        
2006.                                                                           

/s/ Angelo R. Mozilo                                                            

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Signature                                                                       

Angelo R.                                                                       
Mozilo                                                                          

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