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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
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, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Three Months Ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
338

 
$
249

 
$
26

 
$
22

 
$
15

 
$
15

Interest cost
362

 
353

 
46

 
52

 
11

 
11

Expected return on assets
(537
)
 
(492
)
 
(8
)
 
(4
)
 
(14
)
 
(12
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
43

 
43

 
1

 
1

 
—

 
—

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
206

 
$
153

 
$
65

 
$
71

 
$
12

 
$
14