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Stock Repurchase Program | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract] |
Stock Repurchase Program | Stock Repurchase Program We repurchased and retired 5.3 million and 8.4 million shares of Common Stock under our stock repurchase program during the first nine months of 2020 and 2019, respectively, at a cost of $960 million and $1.6 billion, respectively.

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