WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday evening.

Hegseth summoned top military commanders across the globe to a meeting next week in Virginia, but did not say what the meeting would be about.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has decided that soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for helping gun down hundreds of Lakota Indians at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre will be allowed to keep the military’s highest decoration.

Tuesday’s military meeting comes with a possible government shutdown looming as lawmakers have until the end of September to pass a funding bill or face a partial government shutdown.

Secretary Hegseth has said American soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor after the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre will keep their medals.

Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges after Trump pressured the DOJ to investigate. And, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls unusual meeting of top military commanders.

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

The unusual directive, without a stated reason, came after the defense secretary fired several top officers and ordered a reduction in four-star officers.