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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, percent |  |  | 35.30% | 27.00%
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, including discrete items, percent | 37.90% | 38.10% |  |
Discrete income tax benefit | $ 36 |  |  |
Deduction of prior year foreign taxes | 25 |  |  |
Benefit from change in tax rate | 12 |  |  |
Effective income tax rate reconciliation, net charge for a number of small items | $ 1 |  |  |
Discrete charge primarily related to revised estimate of provisional impact of Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 |  | $ 21 |  |

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