Among the group of Biden briefers was Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official who once said she considered feigning a medical emergency to cut short that news conference with Putin. In Brussels on Monday, Biden previewed his approach for the meeting, scheduled for Wednesday in Geneva. He said Putin is "bright, he's tough and I have found that he is a, as they say when we used to play ball, a worthy adversary." The president helped prepare by sitting down with his briefers — at least some of them virtually — before departing for the G7 summit.