BEIJING, June 14 -- The White House has rejected calls for setting a precise timetable for a US withdrawal from Iraq, even as new polls show almost six in 10 Americans want at least a partial pullout of US forces.
 
    Spokesman Scott McClellan said on Monday that US troops will leave when they complete the mission and they are not going to stay a day longer than what is necessary.

    But he added that what they are working to achieve in Iraq is vital to peace and security for generations to come.

    His remarks came one day after a representative in US President George W. Bush's Republican party said he would push legislation fixing a firm schedule for a withdrawal.

    A poll published Monday in USA Today shows that 59 percent of respondents want US soldiers to quit the violence-wracked country.

   (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)