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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Deferred Taxes. Our net deferred tax asset (liability) was included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in other assets and liabilities as follows:
| December 31, 2013 |  | September 28, 2014
Current deferred tax asset | $ | 35 |  |  | $ | 32 |
Current deferred tax liability | (300 | ) |  | (563 | )
Noncurrent deferred tax asset | 462 |  |  | 597 |
Noncurrent deferred tax liability | (135 | ) |  | (92 | )
Net deferred tax asset (liability) | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | (26 | )

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