Taking 'The Department of Defense, like the Department of State, had a coordinator who represented the department on the interagency committee concerned with counterterrorism.' as a given, does it logically imply 'The Department of Defense had no representation on the interagency committee.'
The Department of Defense, like the Department of State, had a coordinator who represented the department on the interagency committee concerned with counterterrorism.###The Department of Defense had no representation on the interagency committee.