INCOME TAXES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011
Income tax expense (benefit):
Effective tax rates on pretax income from continuing operations (as a percent)	28.30%	15.60%	14.40%	31.30%
U.S. federal income tax at statutory rate (as a percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance released	$ 177,000,000		$ 1,700,000,000
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance allocated to income from continuing operations			1,600,000,000
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
Unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties	4,400,000,000		4,400,000,000		4,300,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized would not affect the effective tax rate	200,000,000		200,000,000		700,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized would favorably affect the effective tax rate	4,200,000,000		4,200,000,000		3,600,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties accrued	929,000,000		929,000,000		744,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest net of the federal benefit (expense) and penalties			$ 185,000,000	$ (58,000,000)
Unrecognized tax benefits, period of reasonably possible change in balance			P12M