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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 _config_section(config, section):
 """Read the configuration file and return a section."""

    path = os.path.join(config.get('config_path'), config.get('config_file'))
    conf = _config_ini(path)
    return conf.get(section)