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Debt:
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Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	19,000,000	497,000,000	1,001,000,000												494,000,000			495,000,000						495,000,000
Payment of debt issuance costs					1,000,000					2,000,000								3,000,000						3,000,000
Debt discount								1,000,000					2,000,000								2,000,000						2,000,000
Redemption price, percentage of principal amount											100.00%
Redemption price upon control triggering event, percentage of principal amount																101.00%			101.00%						101.00%
Debt principal redeemed																	516,000,000						878,000,000
Loss (gain) on the retirement of debt	453,000,000		87,000,000	453,000,000																			87,000,000
Debt maturing in future periods
Debt maturing in 2013
Debt maturing in 2014
Debt maturing in 2015
Debt maturing in 2016	258,000,000
Debt maturing in 2017
Debt maturing in years after 2017	1,178,000,000
Other Debt Information
Weighted average interest rate on total debt (as a percent)	6.50%	5.90%
Aggregate amount of swap of fixed for floating rate debt		1,200,000,000
Impact of the Company's interest rate swap agreements on reported interest expense	$ (18,000,000)	$ (22,000,000)	$ (24,000,000)