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Debt And Financing Activities (Senior Bridge Term Loan Facility) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Feb. 28, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Senior Bridge Term Loan Agreement, 2014 [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Credit facility borrowing capacity $ 5,500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Credit facility expiration period 364 days        
Proceeds from lines of credit   4,957,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
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Repayments of lines of credit   4,076,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit
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Credit facility interest rate   1.39%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateDuringPeriod
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Debt issuance costs   46,000,000us-gaap_DebtRelatedCommitmentFeesAndDebtIssuanceCosts
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Senior Bridge Term Loan Agreement, 2013 [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Credit facility borrowing capacity       900,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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2,100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Proceeds from lines of credit     900,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
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Repayments of lines of credit     900,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit
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Credit facility interest rate     1.20%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateDuringPeriod
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Debt issuance costs     $ 11,000,000us-gaap_DebtRelatedCommitmentFeesAndDebtIssuanceCosts
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