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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 configure_stdout_logger(log_level=logging.DEBUG):
 """Configures logging to use STDOUT"""

    root = logging.getLogger()
    root.setLevel(log_level)

    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
    handler.setLevel(log_level)
    handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(LOG_FORMAT_ESCAPED))

    root.addHandler(handler)