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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 _get_authenticated_session(self):
 """Return an authenticated requests session. Returns: requests.Session: Authenticated session for use. """

        session = requests.Session()
        session.auth = self.auth
        return session