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Supplemental Data (Other Cash Flow Data and Interest Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Supplemental Data
Income Taxes Paid	$ 648	$ 468	$ 492
Interest Paid, Including Capitalized Interest, Operating and Investing Activities	$ 277	$ 270	$ 243

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Supplemental Data [Abstract]

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

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