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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
U.S. Postretirement
Medical Benefits
 
International
Pension Benefits
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Three Months Ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
382

 
$
284

 
$
9

 
$
21

 
$
12

 
$
12

Interest cost
423

 
401

 
31

 
52

 
11

 
12

Expected return on assets
(622
)
 
(564
)
 
(4
)
 
(6
)
 
(15
)
 
(15
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transition obligation
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Prior service cost
42

 
42

 
1

 
1

 
—

 
—

Other net (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Actuarial (gain) loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Settlement and curtailment loss
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
225

 
$
163

 
$
37

 
$
68

 
$
8

 
$
9