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	Dec. 28, 2019	Sep. 28, 2019	Sep. 28, 2019	Sep. 29, 2018	Oct. 11, 2019	Oct. 03, 2019	Sep. 25, 2019	Sep. 11, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018
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Commercial paper		$ 0	$ 0						$ 0
Maximum combined aggregate purchase price, Tender Offer								$ 2,500,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt			(88,000,000)
Debt prepayment and extinguishment costs			91,000,000	$ 0
Unamortized premiums		10,000,000	10,000,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		5,000,000	5,000,000
Unamortized discounts		2,000,000	2,000,000
Cash outflows to unwind U.S. securitization program				500,000,000
Debt issuance costs		23,000,000	23,000,000	15,000,000
Repayments of long-term debt			3,272,000,000	$ 2,706,000,000
Fair value of total debt		31,800,000,000	31,800,000,000						30,100,000,000
Carrying value of total debt		$ 30,700,000,000	30,700,000,000						$ 31,200,000,000
Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum amount of commercial paper outstanding during the period			$ 200,000,000
Five point three seven five percent senior notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		5.375%	5.375%
Three point five zero zero percent senior notes due June 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		3.50%	3.50%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 1,119,000,000	$ 1,119,000,000				$ 2,000,000,000
Early repayment of senior debt		$ 881,000,000
Three point five zero zero percent senior notes due July 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		3.50%	3.50%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 446,000,000	$ 446,000,000				1,000,000,000
Early repayment of senior debt		$ 554,000,000
Four point zero zero zero percent senior notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 838,000,000	$ 838,000,000	$ 1,600,000,000			1,600,000,000
Early repayment of senior debt		$ 762,000,000
Four point eight seven five percent second lien senior secured notes due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		4.875%	4.875%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 976,000,000	$ 976,000,000				$ 1,200,000,000
Early repayment of senior debt		$ 224,000,000
Two point seven zero zero percent Canadian dollar senior notes due 2020
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Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		2.70%	2.70%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000
Two point seven zero zero percent Canadian dollar senior notes due 2020 \| Subsequent event
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Long-term debt, principal amount						$ 0
Early repayment of senior debt	$ 300,000,000
Two point eight zero zero percent senior notes due 2020
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Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		2.80%	2.80%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 1,500,000,000	$ 1,500,000,000
Two point eight zero zero percent senior notes due 2020 \| Subsequent event
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Long-term debt, principal amount					$ 200,000,000
Early repayment of senior debt	1,300,000,000
Two point eight zero zero percent senior notes due 2020 \| First debt redemption \| Subsequent event
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Early repayment of senior debt	800,000,000
Two point eight zero zero percent senior notes due 2020 \| Second debt redemption \| Subsequent event
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Early repayment of senior debt	$ 500,000,000
Three point three seven five percent senior notes dues 2021
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Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt				3.375%
Long-term debt, principal amount				$ 300,000,000
Three point seven five zero percent senior notes due 2030
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Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		3.75%	3.75%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 1,000,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000
Four point six two five percent senior notes due 2039
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Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		4.625%	4.625%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Four point eight seven five percent senior notes due 2049
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Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt		4.875%	4.875%
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 1,500,000,000	$ 1,500,000,000
Four point six two five percent senior notes due 2029
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Stated interest rate percentage on issued long-term debt				4.625%
Long-term debt, principal amount				$ 1,100,000,000
2019 Notes
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Debt issuance costs		25,000,000	$ 25,000,000
Senior notes due in 2019
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Repayments of long-term debt		$ 350,000,000
Senior notes due in 2018
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Repayments of long-term debt				$ 2,700,000,000