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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def logger():
 """Access global logger"""

    global _LOGGER
    if _LOGGER is None:
        logging.basicConfig()
        _LOGGER = logging.getLogger()
        _LOGGER.setLevel('INFO')
    return _LOGGER