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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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, 2017 and 2016 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Three Months Ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
390

 
$
352

 
$
7

 
$
7

 
$
15

 
$
12

Interest cost
462

 
457

 
28

 
30

 
10

 
10

Expected return on assets
(712
)
 
(629
)
 
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(16
)
 
(14
)
Amortization of prior service cost
48

 
42

 
2

 
1

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
188

 
$
222

 
$
35

 
$
37

 
$
9

 
$
8