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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
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, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Net Periodic Cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
249

 
$
218

 
$
22

 
$
22

 
$
15

 
$
9

Interest cost
353

 
327

 
52

 
52

 
11

 
10

Expected return on assets
(492
)
 
(489
)
 
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
(12
)
 
(11
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
43

 
43

 
1

 
2

 
—

 
—

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
30

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
153

 
$
129

 
$
71

 
$
72

 
$
14

 
$
9