| **Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions** | 3 Months Ended |
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| **Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]**                           |           |   |
| Tax at statutory rate, percentage                              | 35.00%         | 35.00% |
| Excess tax benefit, ASU 2016-09                                | $ 6            |   |
| Effect of excess tax benefit, ASU 2016-09, percent             | 2.20%          |   |

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).
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