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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Retirement Benefits [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, 2019 and 2018 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Three Months Ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
359

 
$
416

 
$
6

 
$
7

 
$
14

 
$
16

Interest cost
517

 
449

 
27

 
26

 
12

 
12

Expected return on assets
(782
)
 
(801
)
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(19
)
 
(20
)
Amortization of prior service cost
54

 
49

 
2

 
2

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
148

 
$
113

 
$
33

 
$
33

 
$
7

 
$
8