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Income Taxes Income Tax Unusual or Infrequent Items (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2013
Schedule of Income Tax Expense Benefit Unusual or Infrequent Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax Credits (1) | $ (2) | [1] | $ 0 | [1] | $ (2) | [1] | $ (22) | [1]
Witholding Taxes (2) | (1) | [2] | 0 | [2] | (1) | [2] | 4 | [2]
Other Change in Tax Reserves (3) | (3) | [3] | 0 | [3] | (6) | [3] | 1 | [3]
Other Adjustments (4) | (3) | [4] | (3) | [4] | (4) | [4] | (2) | [4]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) associated with unusual or infrequent items | $ (9) |  | $ (3) |  | $ (13) |  | $ (19) |
[1] | For the six months ended June 30, 2013, the tax benefit primarily relates to the retroactive reinstatement of the U.S research and development tax credit under The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
[2] | For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, the tax benefits and expense, respectively, relate to the adjustment of the withholding tax liability on the undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that are not indefinitely reinvested.
[3] | For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, the tax benefits and expense, respectively, primarily relate to adjustments in tax reserves which were individually insignificant.
[4] | For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013, the tax benefits primarily relate to items which were individually insignificant.

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