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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Abstract]

Domestic and foreign components of income before income taxes

		Years Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Domestic		$	1,282			$	727			$	761
Foreign			1,640				1,670				1,447
		$	2,922			$	2,397			$	2,208

Components of the provision for income taxes

		Years Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Current:
Federal		$	484			$	421			$	526
State			37				34				35
Foreign			768				448				348
Total current income tax provision			1,289				903				909
Deferred:
Federal			(28	)			(260	)			(249	)
State			(3	)			(8	)			(5	)
Foreign			(321	)			103				80
Total deferred income tax provision			(352	)			(165	)			(174	)
Total income tax provision		$	937			$	738			$	735

Difference between the effective tax rate

		Years Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Federal income tax at U.S. statutory rate		$	1,023			$	839			$	773
Foreign income tax rate differential			(152	)			(117	)			(120	)
State income tax, net of federal benefit			22				17				18
Nondeductible expenses			42				40				30
Tax benefit of manufacturing deduction			(37	)			(19	)			(17	)
Foreign dividends, net of foreign tax credits			9				15				10
Change in deferred tax valuation allowance			(18	)			—				—
Change in contingency reserve and other			48				(37	)			41
Total income tax provision		$	937			$	738			$	735

Components of deferred tax assets and liabilities

			$0.000				$0.000				$0.000
		December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Deferred tax assets:
Allowances and operating liabilities		$	331			$	344			$	343
Net operating loss carryforwards			14				10				7
Postretirement benefits			14				17				12
Foreign tax credit carryforwards			106				220				—
Other			151				75				28
			616				666				390
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets			(13	)			(9	)			(8	)
Total deferred tax assets			603				657				382
Deferred tax liabilities:
Tax over book depreciation			204				213				168
Intangible assets			1,398				1,307				1,413
Deferred income			226				456				363
Accrued U.S. tax on unremitted earnings			70				149				49
Other			168				211				98
Total deferred tax liabilities			2,066				2,336				2,091
Net deferred tax liability		$	1,463			$	1,679			$	1,709

Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits

			$0,000				$0,000				$0,000
		2011				2010				2009
Unrecognized tax benefit at beginning of year		$	118			$	58			$	61
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year			9				1				10
Additions for tax positions of prior years			13				82				—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years			—				(5	)			(12	)
Reductions for lapse of applicable statutes of limitations			(9	)			(18	)			(1	)
Unrecognized tax benefit at end of year		$	131			$	118			$	58

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