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Common Stock - Share Based Compensation Table (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions							9 Months Ended
	Oct. 03, 2019	Aug. 08, 2019	Jun. 12, 2019	May 06, 2019	Apr. 29, 2019	Feb. 21, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
February 2019 ASR
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares					4,525,592	31,908,831	36,434,423
Treasury stock acquired, average price per share (in usd per share)							$ 19.21
Total							$ 700
May 2019 ASR
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares			1,561,249	7,455,732			9,016,981
Treasury stock acquired, average price per share (in usd per share)							$ 22.18
Total							$ 200
August 2019 ASR
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares		6,791,172					7,774,279
Treasury stock acquired, average price per share (in usd per share)							$ 25.73
Total							$ 200
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares							53,225,683
Treasury stock acquired, average price per share (in usd per share)							$ 20.67
Total							$ 1,100
Subsequent Event \| August 2019 ASR
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares	983,107