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Employee Postretirement Benefits (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash contribution to pension trusts |  |  |  |  | $ 35 | $ 437
Defined Benefit Plans, Estimated Future Employer Contributions in Current Fiscal Year |  |  |  |  | 100 |
Pension Plan |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension settlement related charges | $ 0 | $ (19) |  |  | 0 | (1,348)
UNITED STATES | Before Tax |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension settlement related charges |  |  |  |  | $ (19) | $ (1,350)
UNITED STATES | Pension Plan |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash contribution to pension trusts |  |  | $ 410 |  |  |
UNITED STATES | Pension Plan | After Tax |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension settlement related charges |  |  |  | $ (1,000) |  |
UNITED STATES | Pension Plan | Before Tax |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension settlement related charges |  |  |  | (1,000) |  |
UNITED STATES | Group Annuity Contracts that Transferred |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation |  |  |  | $ 2,500 |  |

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- Definition 1) For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value as of a date of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered prior to that date. 2) For other postretirement defined benefit plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered to a particular date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Projected Benefit Obligation -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522206 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6503904 + Details
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- Definition Amount of net gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit cost as a result of an irrevocable action that relieves the employer (or the plan) of primary responsibility for a benefit obligation and eliminates significant risks related to the obligation and the assets used to effect the settlement. Examples of transactions that constitute a settlement include, but are not limited to, lump-sum cash payments to plan participants in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and purchasing nonparticipating annuity contracts to cover vested benefits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 30 -Section 15 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7577095&loc=d3e8001-114927 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h)(7) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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