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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Long-term Debt, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Summary Of Outstanding Debt | The following is a summary of outstanding debt (in millions):
| September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Medium-term notes | $ | 1,669.2 |  |  | $ | 1,703.9 |
Commercial paper | 14.4 |  |  | — |
Receivables facility | — |  |  | 200.0 |
Other debt | 17.6 |  |  | 14.5 |
Total debt | 1,701.2 |  |  | 1,918.4 |
Short-term debt | (29.2 | ) |  | (210.7 | )
Current portion of long-term debt | (0.9 | ) |  | (1.2 | )
Long-term debt | $ | 1,671.1 |  |  | $ | 1,706.5 |

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