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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
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Change in deferred tax valuation allowance | $ 11 |
Valuation allowance against U.S. deferred tax assets, percent |  | 100.00%

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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84176650&loc=d3e32123-109318 + Details
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