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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies |
Minimum lease payments under capital and operating leases with non-cancelable terms in excess of one year | Minimum lease payments under capital and operating leases with non-cancelable terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2017, were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | Operating |
(Millions) |  | Capital Leases |  | Leases |
2018 |  | $ | 12 |  | $ | 258 |
2019 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 212 |
2020 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 160 |
2021 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 106 |
2022 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 88 |
After 2022 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 274 |
Total |  | $ | 76 |  | $ | 1,098 |
Less: Amounts representing interest |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |
Present value of future minimum lease payments |  |  | 73 |  |  |  |
Less: Current obligations under capital leases |  |  | 13 |  |  |  |
Long-term obligations under capital leases |  | $ | 60 |  |  |  |

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- Definition Disclosure of future minimum capital and operating lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value. + References No definition available. + Details
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