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Income Taxes (Details 6) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2017
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Decrease Resulting from Settlements with Taxing Authorities | $ 31,000,000 |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |
Foreign Earnings Repatriated | 2.9 |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Operating and Capital Loss Carryforwards | $ 1,756,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential, Amount |  |  | 20,000,000 |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Adjustments To Reserves And Prior Years | 4.20% | 2.80% |  |  | 0.50% |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Deferred Tax Benefit from Compensation Expense | $ 55,000,000 |  | 47,000,000 |  |  | $ 117,000,000 |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Amount | 35,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount | 373,000,000 |  | 78,000,000 |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Valuation Allowance | 200,000,000 | $ 111,000,000 | 111,000,000 | $ 111,000,000 | $ 189,000,000 | 189,000,000 | $ 189,000,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross | 1,505,000,000 | 748,000,000 | 748,000,000 | 748,000,000 |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Net | 447,000,000 | 188,000,000 | 188,000,000 | 188,000,000 |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Deferred Expense | $ 718,000,000 | $ 294,000,000 | 294,000,000 | $ 294,000,000 |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Enacted Tax Rate, Amount |  |  | 35,000,000 |  |  | 434,000,000 |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent | 21.00% | 21.00% |  | 21.00% | 35.00% |  | 21.00%
Limit on deductibility of interest expense |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30.00%
Income tax provision | $ 79,000,000 |  | 297,000,000 |  |  | 934,000,000 |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 188,000,000 | $ 113,000,000 | 113,000,000 | $ 113,000,000 | $ 100,000,000 | 100,000,000 | $ 100,000,000
Unrecognized Tax Benefits That Would Not Impact Effective Tax Rate | 8,000,000 | $ 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | $ 10,000,000 |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Changes in Judgement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount | 45,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Current Year Operations [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount | 9,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation, Share-based Payments [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Amount | 31,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior Year Divestiture [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Adjustments To Reserves And Prior Years |  | 1900000000.00% |  |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Amount | 34,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Repatriation Tax Liability [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax provision |  |  | 241,000,000 |  |  |  |
Remeasurement of Deferreds [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax provision |  |  | 47,000,000 |  |  |  |
Foreign [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Operating and Capital Loss Carryforwards | 408,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Operating and Capital Loss Carryforwards | 1,134,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Valuation Allowance | 100,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Operating and Capital Loss Carryforwards | 214,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Tax Credit [Domain] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Valuation Allowance | 100,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Year 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount |  |  | 156,000,000 |  |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Enacted Tax Rate, Amount |  |  | $ 399,000,000 |  |  |  |
Tax Year 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 34,000,000 |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35.00%
Non-UK [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount | 7,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross | 13,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Net | 6,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
UNITED KINGDOM |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Act Enactment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount | 366,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross | 586,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Net | $ 220,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |

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