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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures
Information about net periodic benefit cost for our company-sponsored pension and postretirement benefit plans is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Service cost
$
352

 
$
382

 
$
7

 
$
9

 
$
12

 
$
12

Interest cost
457

 
423

 
30

 
31

 
10

 
11

Expected return on assets
(629
)
 
(622
)
 
(1
)
 
(4
)
 
(14
)
 
(15
)
Amortization of prior service cost
42

 
42

 
1

 
1

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
222

 
$
225

 
$
37

 
$
37

 
$
8

 
$
8