Common Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage Increase

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Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Increase To Quarterly Dividend Rate

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Shareholders Equity [Line Items]

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Amount of paid and unpaid cash dividends declared for classes of stock, for example, but not limited to, common and preferred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 405
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957935&loc=d3e64057-112817

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Dividends (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 25, 2016	Sep. 24, 2017	Sep. 25, 2016
Shareholders Equity [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared, amount			$ 537	$ 1,582	$ 2,056
Cash dividends declared (in dollars per share)		$ 1.82		$ 5.46	$ 6.77
Subsequent Event
Shareholders Equity [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared (in dollars per share)	$ 2.00
Increase to quarterly dividend rate (as a percent)	10.00%
Increase to quarterly dividend rate (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18