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Debt - Carrying Value of Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 24, 2016	Oct. 15, 2015	Sep. 25, 2015	Sep. 14, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 341,000,000		$ 987,000,000
Total debt	2,506,000,000		3,146,000,000
Long-term debt	2,165,000,000		2,159,000,000
Commercial paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt	341,000,000		0
3.375% public notes due 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 0		258,000,000
Stated interest rate	3.375%	3.375%
3.75% public notes due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 67,000,000		67,000,000
Stated interest rate	3.75%
7.0% public notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt			245,000,000	$ 242,000,000
Total debt	$ 0		245,000,000
Stated interest rate	7.00%			7.00%
6.875% public notes due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt			465,000,000	$ 462,000,000
Total debt	$ 0		465,000,000
Stated interest rate	6.875%			6.875%
4.625% public notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 42,000,000		42,000,000
Stated interest rate	4.625%
1.375% public notes due 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 564,000,000		558,000,000
Stated interest rate	1.375%
3.9% public notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 745,000,000		745,000,000
Stated interest rate	3.90%
5.125% public notes due 2045
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 746,000,000		746,000,000
Stated interest rate	5.125%
Other
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of long-term debt			19,000,000
Total debt	$ 1,000,000		$ 20,000,000