President Obama said in a press conference Sunday that he had "just heard about" the comments made by his key health care adviser, Jonathon Gruber, that has dominated the headlines for the past week.

While in Brisbane, Australia, Obama gave a press conference and responded to a question from Fox News Channel's Ed Henry on the Gruber uproar. Obama denied that he had misled the American people on the details of the Affordable Care Act also known as "Obamacare," and he prefaces his remarks by claiming he had "just heard about" the comments before the press conference despite the fact that the Gruber video has been a top item of debate since the first video was uncovered by American Commitment on November 7.

Here's Henry's question and Obama's response (via RCP):

ED HENRY, FOX NEWS: At your Burma townhall a couple of days ago, you tried to inspire young leaders by saying, "governments need to be held accountable, need to be responsive to the people." I wonder how you square that with your former adviser, Jonathan Gruber claiming you were not transparent about the health law because in his words the American people, the voters are stupid. Did you mislead Americans about the taxes, about keeping your plan in order to get the bill passed?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: No, I did not. I just heard about this. I get well-briefed before I come out here. The fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with in terms of the voters, is no reflection on the actual process that was run. We had a year-long debate, Ed. I mean, go back and look at your stories. The one thing we can't is that we did not have a lengthy debate about health care in the United States of America. Or that it was not adequately covered. I would just advise -- every press outlet here, go back and pull up every clip, every story, and I think it will -- it's fair to say there was not a provision in the health care law that was not extensively debated and was fully transparent. Now, there were folks who disagreed with some of the various positions. It was a tough debate.