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Commitments and Contingencies (Guarantee Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2008
Customer Lines Of Credit For Brazilian Subsidiary
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted	$ 260,000,000	$ 492,000,000
Loss associated with Brazilian subsidiary guarantee	0	0
Indebtedness And Lines of Credit For Various Consolidated Subsidiaries
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted	2,000,000,000	$ 1,400,000,000
Line of Credit
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted	$ 43,000,000
Guarantor obligations, term			5 years

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Loss Associated With Brazilian Subsidiary Guarantee

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