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DEBT, CREDIT FACILITIES AND LEASE COMMITMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Credit Facilities And Lease Commitments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt Outstanding | At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the company had the following debt outstanding:
as of December 31 (in millions) |  | Effective interest rate in 20171 |  |  | 20172 |  |  | 20162 |
Variable-rate loan due 2020 |  |  | 1.0 | % |  | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 294 |
1.7% notes due 2021 |  |  | 1.9 | % |  |  | 398 |  |  |  | 397 |
2.4% notes due 2022 |  |  | 2.5 | % |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 208 |
1.3% notes due in 2025 |  |  | 1.2 | % |  |  | 714 |  |  |  | — |
2.6% notes due 2026 |  |  | 2.7 | % |  |  | 744 |  |  |  | 744 |
7.65% debentures due 2027 |  |  | 7.7 | % |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |
6.625% debentures due 2028 |  |  | 6.7 | % |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | 99 |
6.25% notes due 2037 |  |  | 6.3 | % |  |  | 265 |  |  |  | 265 |
3.65% notes due 2042 |  |  | 3.7 | % |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 6 |
4.5% notes due 2043 |  |  | 4.5 | % |  |  | 255 |  |  |  | 255 |
3.5% notes due 2046 |  |  | 3.6 | % |  |  | 439 |  |  |  | 439 |
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | 70 |
Total debt and capital lease obligations |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,512 |  |  |  | 2,782 |
Current portion |  |  |  |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Long-term portion |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 3,509 |  |  | $ | 2,779 |
1 | Excludes the effect of any related interest rate swaps.
2 | Book values include any discounts, premiums and adjustments related to hedging instruments.
Future Minimum Lease Payments and Debt Maturities | Future Minimum Lease Payments and Debt Maturities
as of and for the years ended December 31 (in millions) |  | Operating leases |  |  | Debt maturities and capital leases |
2018 |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 3 |
2019 |  |  | 107 |  |  |  | 2 |
2020 |  |  | 84 |  |  |  | 302 |
2021 |  |  | 69 |  |  |  | 402 |
2022 |  |  | 63 |  |  |  | 210 |
Thereafter |  |  | 246 |  |  |  | 2,612 |
Total obligations and commitments |  |  | 698 |  |  |  | 3,531 |
Discounts, premiums, and adjustments relating to hedging instruments |  |  | — |  |  |  | (19 | )
Total debt and lease obligations |  | $ | 698 |  |  | $ | 3,512 |

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